Hi Jonas, there is news about an Intel CPU hardware bug: https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/7nl8r0/intel_bug_incoming/
Fixes for that may decrease performance under certain workloads (especially virtualisation and IO heavy loads). So maybe hold off that purchase for a bit longer until there is more information. Regards, Sascha Jonas Camillus Jeppesen <jona...@sdu.dk> schrieb am Mi., 3. Jan. 2018, 16:46: > Dear everyone, > > Anything special to consider before buying hardware in January 2018? > > My aim is to run my Linux workstation and a single Windows 10 gaming VM > with a dedicated GPU assigned via VFIO. The only piece of hardware which > is dead certain to be in the build is my newly purchased ASUS Strix > GTX1070. > > It is an mini-itx build, in my A4-SFX v1 case, so I'm forced to choose a > platform with an build-in GPU since since I can only fit a single > dedicated graphics card. > > Does that mean Intel Kaby Lake these days? Anything special to note > about the various 100- and 200-series chipsets? > > Maybe I should look for a motherboard with at least two USB controllers > so one can be assigned to the VM, although I plan on using only a single > set of mouse/keyboard (I have seen people assign usb devices or > controllers on the fly, i.e. effectively switching mouse/keyboard > between guest/host). > > Thank you for your input. > > / Jonas > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > vfio-users mailing list > vfio-users@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/vfio-users >
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