Re: Server CPU

2023-07-22 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
achine at the same time you'll be fine, and even if you do, you'll still be better off with a faster processor with a few fewer threads than an older slower cpu with more. On Thu, Jul 20, 2023, at 10:26 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss

Re: Server CPU

2023-07-21 Thread Ryan Petris via PLUG-discuss
etc. > >>>>> > >>>>> You'd be better off spending money on a last-gen cpu and > >>>>> motherboard, for instance here's a combination that is > >>> relatively > >>>>> cheap: > >>

Re: Server CPU

2023-07-21 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
a few fewer threads than an older slower cpu with more. On Thu, Jul 20, 2023, at 10:26 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Hi, I was surfing the Inter Web when I happened upon a Xeon server CPU. It is marked at $32.49 at Newegg. It has 12 cores and 24 threads and has a good benc

Re: Server CPU

2023-07-20 Thread Todd Cole via PLUG-discuss
much attention to the number of "threads" you > >> think you'll need; you can run many VMs with a total number of > >> virtual processors that is much more than what you actually have, > >> and as long as you're not trying to go whole hog on every machine

Re: Server CPU

2023-07-20 Thread George Toft via PLUG-discuss
actually have, >> and as long as you're not trying to go whole hog on every machine at >> the same time you'll be fine, and even if you do, you'll still be >> better off with a faster processor with a few fewer threads than an >> older slower cpu with more. >

Re: Server CPU

2023-07-20 Thread Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss
ew fewer threads than an older slower cpu > > with more. > > --- > > Several months ago I did some research on what a vCPU is. I could not > find an exact answer. What I came away thinking was a vCPU is equal to > a thread. From what you are saying it sounds

Re: Server CPU

2023-07-20 Thread Ryan Petris via PLUG-discuss
an older slower cpu > > with more. > > --- > > Several months ago I did some research on what a vCPU is. I could not > find an exact answer. What I came away thinking was a vCPU is equal to > a thread. From what you are saying it sounds like a vCPU is a shared

Re: Server CPU

2023-07-20 Thread greg zegan via PLUG-discuss
rocessors that is much more than what you actually have, >> and as long as you're not trying to go whole hog on every machine at >> the same time you'll be fine, and even if you do, you'll still be >> better off with a faster processor with a few fewer threads than an

Re: Server CPU

2023-07-20 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
n if you do, you'll still be better off with a faster processor with a few fewer threads than an older slower cpu with more. On Thu, Jul 20, 2023, at 10:26 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Hi, I was surfing the Inter Web when I happened upon a Xeon server CPU. It is marked at $32.49

Re: Server CPU

2023-07-20 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
r slower cpu with more. On Thu, Jul 20, 2023, at 10:26 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Hi, I was surfing the Inter Web when I happened upon a Xeon server CPU. It is marked at $32.49 at Newegg. It has 12 cores and 24 threads and has a good benchmark score. https://www.cpubenchmark.n

Re: Server CPU

2023-07-20 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
will provide? --- On Thu, Jul 20, 2023, at 10:26 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Hi, I was surfing the Inter Web when I happened upon a Xeon server CPU. It is marked at $32.49 at Newegg. It has 12 cores and 24 threads and has a good benchmark score. https://www.cpubenchmark.n

Re: Server CPU

2023-07-20 Thread Ryan Rix via PLUG-discuss
also wouldn't pay so much attention to the number of "threads" you think >>> you'll need; you can run many VMs with a total number of virtual processors >>> that is much more than what you actually have, and as long as you're not >>> trying to g

Re: Server CPU

2023-07-20 Thread Ryan Petris via PLUG-discuss
>> that is much more than what you actually have, and as long as you're not >> trying to go whole hog on every machine at the same time you'll be fine, and >> even if you do, you'll still be better off with a faster processor with a >> few fewer threads than a

Re: Server CPU

2023-07-20 Thread Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss
f with a faster processor with > a few fewer threads than an older slower cpu with more. > > On Thu, Jul 20, 2023, at 10:26 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > Hi, > > I was surfing the Inter Web when I happened upon a Xeon server CPU. It > is marked at $32.49 at Newe

Re: Server CPU

2023-07-20 Thread Ryan Petris via PLUG-discuss
gt; Hi, > > I was surfing the Inter Web when I happened upon a Xeon server CPU. It > is marked at $32.49 at Newegg. It has 12 cores and 24 threads and has a > good benchmark score. > https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Xeon+Silver+4116+%40+2.10GHz&id=3179 > &

Server CPU

2023-07-20 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Hi, I was surfing the Inter Web when I happened upon a Xeon server CPU. It is marked at $32.49 at Newegg. It has 12 cores and 24 threads and has a good benchmark score. https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Xeon+Silver+4116+%40+2.10GHz&id=3179 https://www.newegg.com/p/274-