Re: best hardware plataform for openbsd

2006-10-12 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2006/10/13 02:24, Jeffrey Lim wrote: > On 10/8/06, Stuart Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On 2006/10/07 19:29, Gustavo Rios wrote: > >> I am evaluating processor hardware for using with openbsd. Two options > >> of course: Intel and AMD. > > > >There are more options than just those. mac

Re: best hardware plataform for openbsd

2006-10-12 Thread Jeffrey Lim
On 10/8/06, Stuart Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 2006/10/07 19:29, Gustavo Rios wrote: > I am evaluating processor hardware for using with openbsd. Two options > of course: Intel and AMD. There are more options than just those. macppc and sparc64 are amongst the faster arch's too is

Re: best hardware plataform for openbsd

2006-10-12 Thread Diana Eichert
On Thu, 12 Oct 2006, Cabillot Julien wrote: > It's no very expensive, the "electric consumption" (I don't know if this > expression is ok), the size, ... > > On 10/12/06, Mark Bucciarelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: SNIP > > What advantages do you see from building a DNS server using > > armish? >

Re: best hardware plataform for openbsd

2006-10-12 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2006/10/12 15:42, Cabillot Julien wrote: > It's no very expensive, the "electric consumption" (I don't know if this > expression is ok), the size, ... ... socketed RAM, serial console :-)

Re: best hardware plataform for openbsd

2006-10-12 Thread Michael Hernandez
On Oct 12, 2006, at 9:42 AM, Cabillot Julien wrote: It's no very expensive, the "electric consumption" (I don't know if this expression is ok), the size, ... On 10/12/06, Mark Bucciarelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sun, Oct 08, 2006 at 07:31:39AM -0600, Diana Eichert wrote: On Sun, 8 Oc

Re: best hardware plataform for openbsd

2006-10-12 Thread Nico Meijer
Hi Julien, > It's no very expensive, the "electric consumption" (I don't know if this > expression is ok), the size, ... This also holds true for Via Epia Mini-ITX boards, btw. Plus, most fit in an 1U 19" enclosure or any standard (micro) ATX case. That said, I know nothing of armish. Buhbye...

Re: best hardware plataform for openbsd

2006-10-12 Thread Cabillot Julien
It's no very expensive, the "electric consumption" (I don't know if this expression is ok), the size, ... On 10/12/06, Mark Bucciarelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 08, 2006 at 07:31:39AM -0600, Diana Eichert wrote: > > On Sun, 8 Oct 2006, Gustavo Rios wrote: > > > > > I meant more C

Re: best hardware plataform for openbsd

2006-10-12 Thread Mark Bucciarelli
On Sun, Oct 08, 2006 at 07:31:39AM -0600, Diana Eichert wrote: > On Sun, 8 Oct 2006, Gustavo Rios wrote: > > > I meant more CPU processing cycles per a given constant > > amount of money! That's it. > > Hmmm, before I answer that question I'd like to know what are > the intended uses? For examp

Re: best hardware plataform for openbsd

2006-10-08 Thread Gustavo Rios
I would use them for a X server. It will serve about 128 X clients. On 10/8/06, Diana Eichert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sun, 8 Oct 2006, Gustavo Rios wrote: > I meant more CPU processing cycles per a given constant amount of money! > That's it. Hmmm, before I answer that question I'd like

Re: best hardware plataform for openbsd

2006-10-08 Thread Diana Eichert
On Sun, 8 Oct 2006, Gustavo Rios wrote: > I meant more CPU processing cycles per a given constant amount of money! > That's it. Hmmm, before I answer that question I'd like to know what are the intended uses? For example, for a DNS server I would seriously consider some of the platforms recently

Re: best hardware plataform for openbsd

2006-10-08 Thread viq
On 08/10/06, Stuart Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 2006/10/07 18:08, Brian wrote: > > There are more options than just those. macppc and sparc64 are amongst > > the faster arch's too (and if you don't need out-and-out speed there are > > more to choose from). Motherboard chipsets also ma

Re: best hardware plataform for openbsd

2006-10-08 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2006/10/07 18:08, Brian wrote: > > There are more options than just those. macppc and sparc64 are amongst > > the faster arch's too (and if you don't need out-and-out speed there are > > more to choose from). Motherboard chipsets also make a *HUGE* difference, > > of course. > > I am looking at

Re: best hardware plataform for openbsd

2006-10-08 Thread Daniel Ouellet
Gustavo Rios wrote: I meant more CPU processing cycles per a given constant amount of money! That's it. Then go for AMD, they have more instructions then Intel that now try to catch up to them! So, call it more instructions machine per dollar if you like that!

Re: best hardware plataform for openbsd

2006-10-07 Thread Gustavo Rios
I meant more CPU processing cycles per a given constant amount of money! That's it. On 10/7/06, Stuart Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 2006/10/07 19:29, Gustavo Rios wrote: > I am evaluating processor hardware for using with openbsd. Two options > of course: Intel and AMD. There are mor

Re: best hardware plataform for openbsd

2006-10-07 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2006/10/07 19:29, Gustavo Rios wrote: > I am evaluating processor hardware for using with openbsd. Two options > of course: Intel and AMD. There are more options than just those. macppc and sparc64 are amongst the faster arch's too (and if you don't need out-and-out speed there are more to choo

Re: best hardware plataform for openbsd

2006-10-07 Thread Daniel Ouellet
Gustavo Rios wrote: I am evaluating processor hardware for using with openbsd. Two options of course: Intel and AMD. For the 64 bit version, which delivers the best relation price/benefits? Thanks in advance. Why even asked these days! Until Intel come clean, use AMD. I don't understand why

best hardware plataform for openbsd

2006-10-07 Thread Gustavo Rios
I am evaluating processor hardware for using with openbsd. Two options of course: Intel and AMD. For the 64 bit version, which delivers the best relation price/benefits? Thanks in advance.