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IBM To Demo OpenPower 710 At SCALE 3x

Posted by timothy on from the linear-expansion dept.

An anonymous reader writes "IBM will demo their PPC based servers including their new OpenServer 710 at SCALE 3x this week. In addition they have their i5/520 running Power Linux, Intel Linux, AIX, i5/OS (OS/400), and Windows all simultaneously. SCALE will be held this weekend in Los Angeles at the LA Convention Center. Speakers include Kevin Foreman (Real Networks), Jon Hall (Linux International), Larry McVoy (CEO BitMover), Marc Hamilton (Sun) & 30 other sessions. In addtion to the talks there will be over 40 exhibitors including IBM & Novell. If you're in LA drop by on 2/12-2/13. There will also be a dinner and GPG Key Signing party. (For a free exhibit hall pass register with the promo code "FREE" or a discounted full access pass with "NEWSP".")

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  1. God, our industry needs to leave the acronyms at by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    the door. Just reading those sentences made my head hurt. :(

  2. i5 520 Linux by af_robot · · Score: 2, Insightful

    To run Intel Linux / Windows on i5 (ex AS400/iseries) you need to purpose either card with intel cpu/memory (like blade) or special kit which can be used to connect i5 box to the intel (xseries) server. The main benefit of running intel apps on i5 is single-level storage.
    Anyway it is a great box - i'm happy having one near my desk for two weeks. It is black, heavy, and rather quiet (for server) :)

  3. Hey, ya know... by dspeyer · · Score: 2, Insightful
    A $1000 OpenPower server would be nice, though. So would a Cray that fits in my pocket that costs $25.
    The original Cray C1 ran at 80MHz and had 4MB of RAM. The PalmOne Zire 21 runs at 126MHz and has 8 MB RAM. And it fits in your pocket.

    Sadly, it costs $40 plus shipping on ebay, but it'll come down soon.

    Not relevant, but highly amusing. And yes, I know the C1 has archetechtural advantages over the Zire 21 (parrelelism, floating point...). It'll happen to the OpenPower servers too.

    --

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  4. Re:G5 = Opteron by lakeland · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It would be a small win to the opteron. I did some informal benchmarking a few months ago of the G5 and the opteron, and found that clock-for-clock, the opteron got slightly more done. So I'd be very surprised if a 2.6GHz opteron didn't do more than a 2.5GHz G5. Of course, the G5 would be dual processor, so we'd have to go with dual opteron as well to compare prices.

    Apple clocks in at $2999 for the base configuration. Taking that same configuration to newegg is required quite a few substitutions: I went for kensington wireless keyboard and mouse, XP pro, LiLian case and PSU, 2.4GHz opteron (no 2.6 in stock), and a sony DVD burner 16x. The total was $3124. I would put the price at a draw. I.e. go with whichever you prefer the OS of.

    Naturally, if you're going to be running linux, that puts the opteron a fraction cheaper.