Gail Shaw wrote:
> "Orchid XP v7" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
> news:47b092dd$1@news.povray.org...
> 
>> OOC, how many cores does your server have? (Mine has 2. And they're both
>> Pentium-III...)
> 
> Which one? I have somewhere around 50 database servers, and those are just
> the ones that run production databases.

Woah. I have 4 servers. One of them is dedicated to Oracle.

But then, I have 30 users, so... you have more servers than I have 
users. ;-)

> The one in question was a 2 proc server with hyperthreading, so windows
> thought there were 4 processors. I can't remember what speed. We managed to
> get that app transfered to another department. SEP now.

Ah, SEP fields FTW!

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"Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
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> Gail Shaw wrote:
> > Which one? I have somewhere around 50 database servers, and those are
just
> > the ones that run production databases.
>
> Woah. I have 4 servers. One of them is dedicated to Oracle.
>
> But then, I have 30 users, so... you have more servers than I have
> users. ;-)

I work for an investment bank. Enough said.
We've got about 1200 staff. How many of them use what server, I don't know
offhand.

My servers range from single processor to 16 dual cores. Memory from 1 GB to
64 GB

> > The one in question was a 2 proc server with hyperthreading, so windows
> > thought there were 4 processors. I can't remember what speed. We managed
to
> > get that app transfered to another department. SEP now.
>
> Ah, SEP fields FTW!

???

SEP = Someone Else's Problem

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Gail Shaw wrote:

>> Woah. I have 4 servers. One of them is dedicated to Oracle.
>>
>> But then, I have 30 users, so... you have more servers than I have
>> users. ;-)
> 
> I work for an investment bank. Enough said.

;-)

> My servers range from single processor to 16 dual cores. Memory from 1 GB to
> 64 GB

OK, seriously. *Where* can you buy a machine that takes more than 2 
physical CPUs? I've tried, just for a laugh, but I cannot find anybody 
who sells them. The best I could come up with is a HP ProLiant with two 
4-core Xeons, giving a total of 8 cores. How on Earth do you get 32 
cores? [And what in the name of God does something like that cost??]

>> Ah, SEP fields FTW!
> 
> ???

In one of the Hitchhicker's Guide books, there's a spacecraft of some 
kind hidden inside a SEP field, thus rendering it effectively invisible...

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Invisible wrote:
> OK, seriously. *Where* can you buy a machine that takes more than 2 
> physical CPUs? 

Back in 1994 or so, we bought a Sun server with 8 CPUs or 16 CPUs, I 
forget which. Sun makes such things, generally. They're expensive, of 
course, especially if you think $3K is expensive. :-)

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Invisible wrote:
>
> OK, seriously. *Where* can you buy a machine that takes more than 2
> physical CPUs? I've tried, just for a laugh, but I cannot find anybody
> 

http://www.sgi.com/products/servers/altix/4000/configs.html

Notice the marketing sector for the left one - mid-range server. :)

>>> Ah, SEP fields FTW!

\o/

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Darren New wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
>> OK, seriously. *Where* can you buy a machine that takes more than 2 
>> physical CPUs? 
> 
> Back in 1994 or so, we bought a Sun server with 8 CPUs or 16 CPUs, I 
> forget which. Sun makes such things, generally.

16 CPUs... This is the stuff of POV-Ray dreams!

> They're expensive, of 
> course, especially if you think $3K is expensive. :-)

...and this is the harsh reality. :-}

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Invisible wrote:
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> BTW, do you think we will ever reach a situation where controlling 8 
> seperate PCs is as easy as controlling just one?

Have a look at QNX:
http://www.google.com/search?q=QNX+distributed+computing

- Or read about dsh (distributed shell for Unix machines).

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Chambers wrote:
> Currently running:
> POV-Ray (5 instances, each rendering part of an animation)
> Firefox & Thunderbird
> Handbrake
> CloneDVD
> UT3 Editor
> 
> My poor dual core can't keep up :(
> 
> I think I'm one of the few home users who could get some real use out of 
> an 8 core machine :)
> 
Maybe someone suggested it before but I don't have time to check, MS 
launched Windows Home Server that goes with a HP Home Server (midi-tower 
like case), don't know about hardware specs about it but I think it has 
2 sockets so you can get you 8 cores, good luck :)

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> My poor dual core can't keep up :(
>
> I think I'm one of the few home users who could get some real use out of
> an 8 core machine :)
>
> --
> ...Ben Chambers
> www.pacificwebguy.com

Hi Ben
I've got this machine, and I'm think about maybe to give it away.
http://supermicro.com/products/system/4U/8044/SYS-8044T-8R.cfm

It has 4 CPUs and 8 Cores 16VirtualCores with Hypertreading active.
The CPUs are: Xeon 7120 Dual 3GHz and it has 8GB Memory.

I'll need this machine until end of April ore May. Are you interested?

-holger-

Ps.: Its very loud :(

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H. Karsten wrote:
> Hi Ben
> I've got this machine, and I'm think about maybe to give it away.
> http://supermicro.com/products/system/4U/8044/SYS-8044T-8R.cfm
> 
> It has 4 CPUs and 8 Cores 16VirtualCores with Hypertreading active.
> The CPUs are: Xeon 7120 Dual 3GHz and it has 8GB Memory.
> 
> I'll need this machine until end of April ore May. Are you interested?

Very :)  But I have a hunch the shipping alone would be prohibited 
(depending on where you are).

Email me the details, and we'll talk.

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