On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 8:09 PM, Mihai Popescu <mih...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What are the minimum requirements for a "decent" SPARC machine? I mean > by that a machine who is able to run OpenBSD as a desktop. I am > currently use a Pentium 4 3.2GHz with 2 GB DDR and it barely meets my The problem is that Intel is really on top with CPU performance -- well let's not-consider POWER8 for now. This P4 @ 3.2 is quite powerful, I'm even not sure if decent SPARC64 like SPARC64 VII+ 2.7 GHz will get to your P4 performance on single-threaded. It'll probably wipe the flour with it on multi-threading benchmark especially if you consider 4 core CPU which provides 2 threads per core. So well, you would like to know my dream machine? SPARC M3000. One of the most silent (47 dBA!), but yet powerful SPARCs. Unfortunately see prices on eBay. No way... If you do have server room, then M4000 is way much affordable but be prepared for big power consumption (around 1kW) and noise is on 59 dBA and weight? ~80kg... The advantage of SPARC64 is that it's way more powerful than even the fastest UltraSPARC built into Ultra45 which was the last Sun's dual-cpu SPARC workstation. Again see prices. More affordable are Blade 1500/2500 silver/red with nearly the same cpu like last Ultra's 25/45. Well, check prices for yourself. Have fun! Karel
