I've looked into v20z's, but was turned off by the cost of a replacement power supply. A new one is roughly 200 USD. Or does the v20z accept a standard 1U power supply?
-- Jeremy Chase http://twitter.com/jeremychase On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 6:01 PM, Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org> wrote: > On 2010-11-09, Scott Stanley <amorphous.yet....@gmail.com> wrote: >> I've heard a lot of praise for Sparc gear on this thread. Do many of >> you have much experience with Sun's amd gear? >> >> When using the "I'm only referring to Sparc" disclaimer, what's being >> implied here (because I know nobody's saying that hardware fails >> because of the CPU type, or am I wrong on that)? >> >> Is it that Sparc boxes are for mission critical apps, and so "let's >> use only the best hardware"? >> >> Anyway, I was considering buying a Sun Fire V20z (amd) as a home >> server, and would like to hear about any good or bad experiences with >> Sun+AMD (googling yields only media hype and performance reviews, but >> not real world stuff). > > v20z is a newisys machine not a sun machine. (someone else also oem'd > them - maybe ibm?). the integrated disk mirroring works fine (mpi). > it can be slightly fussy about PCI cards, mine refused to boot with > an ami(4) connected. > > the management port is a separate embedded linux machine (with > its own internal copy of conserver!) and has a dedicated nic, > so it does work with OpenBSD on the main machine. if you want > to use serial console iirc you'll need to disable console > redirection in the bios and just set it up in the boot loader. > > disks are of course scsi and only 2, so not ideal if you want > large volumes of storage. (make sure you get the trays, they are > not the standard easily-obtainable sun spud brackets), > > they're useful machines and not bad - much better than the x2100 - > but I'd hesitate to recommend almost any 1U rackmount box as a home > server due to the noise levels. For home server use I think most > people would be happier with something like an HP ML110 or one of > the smaller Dell towers with an sas/sata raid card. > > OpenBSD 4.8-current (GENERIC.MP) #622: Sun Nov B 7 14:57:37 MST 2010 > B B dera...@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP > real mem = 4226220032 (4030MB) > avail mem = 4099817472 (3909MB) > mainbus0 at root > bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.31 @ 0xefc10 (44 entries) > bios0: vendor Phoenix Technologies Ltd. version "V1.35.5.1" date 10/22/2008 > bios0: Sun Microsystems Sun Fire V20z > acpi0 at bios0: rev 2 > acpi0: sleep states S0 S1 S5 > acpi0: tables DSDT FACP HPET APIC SPCR SSDT SSDT SSDT SRAT > acpi0: wakeup devices PCI0(S1) THOR(S1) USB0(S1) USB1(S1) Z000(S5) Z002(S5) > acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits > acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318179 Hz > acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat > cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor) > cpu0: AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 252, 2592.99 MHz > cpu0: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUS H,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SSE3,NXE,MMXX,FFXSR,LONG,3DNOW2,3DNOW > cpu0: 64KB 64b/line 2-way I-cache, 64KB 64b/line 2-way D-cache, 1MB 64b/line 16-way L2 cache > cpu0: ITLB 32 4KB entries fully associative, 8 4MB entries fully associative > cpu0: DTLB 32 4KB entries fully associative, 8 4MB entries fully associative > cpu0: AMD erratum 89 present, BIOS upgrade may be required > cpu0: apic clock running at 199MHz > cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 1 (application processor) > cpu1: AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 252, 2592.62 MHz > cpu1: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUS H,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SSE3,NXE,MMXX,FFXSR,LONG,3DNOW2,3DNOW > cpu1: 64KB 64b/line 2-way I-cache, 64KB 64b/line 2-way D-cache, 1MB 64b/line 16-way L2 cache > cpu1: ITLB 32 4KB entries fully associative, 8 4MB entries fully associative > cpu1: DTLB 32 4KB entries fully associative, 8 4MB entries fully associative > cpu1: AMD erratum 89 present, BIOS upgrade may be required > ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 2 pa 0xfec00000, version 11, 24 pins > ioapic1 at mainbus0: apid 3 pa 0xfd000000, version 11, 4 pins > ioapic2 at mainbus0: apid 4 pa 0xfd001000, version 11, 4 pins > acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 1 (THOR) > acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus 2 (Z000) > acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus 3 (Z002) > acpicpu0 at acpi0: PSS > acpicpu1 at acpi0: PSS > acpibtn0 at acpi0: PWRB > ipmi at mainbus0 not configured > cpu0: Cool'n'Quiet K8 2592 MHz: speeds: 2600 2400 2200 2000 1800 1000 MHz > pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0 > ppb0 at pci0 dev 6 function 0 "AMD 8111 PCI-PCI" rev 0x07 > pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 > ohci0 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "AMD 8111 USB" rev 0x0b: apic 2 int 19 (irq 11), version 1.0, legacy support > ohci1 at pci1 dev 0 function 1 "AMD 8111 USB" rev 0x0b: apic 2 int 19 (irq 11), version 1.0, legacy support > vga1 at pci1 dev 5 function 0 "Trident Blade 3D" rev 0x3a > wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) > wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) > usb0 at ohci0: USB revision 1.0 > uhub0 at usb0 "AMD OHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 > usb1 at ohci1: USB revision 1.0 > uhub1 at usb1 "AMD OHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 > amdpcib0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0 "AMD 8111 LPC" rev 0x05 > pciide0 at pci0 dev 7 function 1 "AMD 8111 IDE" rev 0x03: DMA, channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility > pciide0: channel 0 disabled (no drives) > atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0 > scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets > cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <TEAC, CD-224E, 1.9A> ATAPI 5/cdrom removable > cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 > amdpm0 at pci0 dev 7 function 3 "AMD 8111 Power" rev 0x05 > ppb1 at pci0 dev 10 function 0 "AMD 8131 PCIX" rev 0x12 > pci2 at ppb1 bus 2 > bge0 at pci2 dev 2 function 0 "Broadcom BCM5704C" rev 0x03, BCM5704 A3 (0x2003): apic 3 int 1 (irq 5), address 00:09:3d:11:f4:f3 > brgphy0 at bge0 phy 1: BCM5704 10/100/1000baseT PHY, rev. 0 > bge1 at pci2 dev 2 function 1 "Broadcom BCM5704C" rev 0x03, BCM5704 A3 (0x2003): apic 3 int 2 (irq 3), address 00:09:3d:11:f4:f4 > brgphy1 at bge1 phy 1: BCM5704 10/100/1000baseT PHY, rev. 0 > mpi0 at pci2 dev 4 function 0 "Symbios Logic 53c1030" rev 0x08: apic 3 int 3 (irq 11) > scsibus1 at mpi0: 16 targets, initiator 7 > sd0 at scsibus1 targ 0 lun 0: <LSILOGIC, 1030 IM IM, 1000> SCSI2 0/direct fixed > sd0: 277519MB, 512 bytes/sec, 568358912 sec total > mpi0: phys disk 0 Sync at 160MHz width 16bit offset 127 QAS 0 DT 1 IU 1 > mpi0: phys disk 1 Sync at 160MHz width 16bit offset 127 QAS 0 DT 1 IU 1 > aapic0 at pci0 dev 10 function 1 "AMD 8131 PCIX IOAPIC" rev 0x01 > ppb2 at pci0 dev 11 function 0 "AMD 8131 PCIX" rev 0x12 > pci3 at ppb2 bus 3 > aapic1 at pci0 dev 11 function 1 "AMD 8131 PCIX IOAPIC" rev 0x01 > pchb0 at pci0 dev 24 function 0 "AMD AMD64 0Fh HyperTransport" rev 0x00 > pchb1 at pci0 dev 24 function 1 "AMD AMD64 0Fh Address Map" rev 0x00 > pchb2 at pci0 dev 24 function 2 "AMD AMD64 0Fh DRAM Cfg" rev 0x00 > kate0 at pci0 dev 24 function 3 "AMD AMD64 0Fh Misc Cfg" rev 0x00 > pchb3 at pci0 dev 25 function 0 "AMD AMD64 0Fh HyperTransport" rev 0x00 > pchb4 at pci0 dev 25 function 1 "AMD AMD64 0Fh Address Map" rev 0x00 > pchb5 at pci0 dev 25 function 2 "AMD AMD64 0Fh DRAM Cfg" rev 0x00 > kate1 at pci0 dev 25 function 3 "AMD AMD64 0Fh Misc Cfg" rev 0x00 > isa0 at amdpcib0 > isadma0 at isa0 > com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo > com0: console > pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 > pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) > pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot > wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 > pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 > spkr0 at pcppi0 > wbsio0 at isa0 port 0x2e/2: W83627HF rev 0x0d > fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2 > fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec > mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support > uplcom0 at uhub0 port 1 "Prolific Technology Inc. USB-Serial Controller D" rev 1.10/4.00 addr 2 > ucom0 at uplcom0 > vscsi0 at root > scsibus2 at vscsi0: 256 targets > softraid0 at root > root on sd0a swap on sd0b dump on sd0b > > $ sysctl hw.sensors > hw.sensors.mpi0.drive0=online (sd0), OK > hw.sensors.kate0.temp2=28.00 degC > hw.sensors.kate1.temp2=36.00 degC > > $ sudo bioctl sd0 > Volume B Status B B B B B B B Size Device > B mpi0 0 Online B B B 290999762432 sd0 B B RAID1 > B B B 0 Online B B B 299999999488 0:0.0 B noencl <MAXTOR B ATLAS10K5_300SCAJNZM B > > B B B 1 Online B B B 299999999488 0:1.0 B noencl <MAXTOR B ATLAS10K5_300SCAJNZM B >
