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RE: [suse-amd64] POLL: Do you have a positive impression on the 64-bit platform ... plz drop a note on the hardware you use
by Bedard, Joe 21 Sep '04

21 Sep '04

I found the Opteron to be the best all around two-way and four-way database platform for Oracle. They have proven to be rock solid performers and very stable on SLES 8 I have two 4-way 844 and 846 Celestica Servers (From the company formerly known as Racksaver, AKA Verari) 8GB of RAM Two HP 6400 RAID Controllers HP Storageworks We are running the AMD64 version of 9i with great success as well as the 32-bit version on the 64bit version SLES8. I haven't had any issues with hardware configuration with these servers and Suse. Our DBA's and report writers are astounded by the performance vs. our old Sparc boxes. We also have several two-way 246's from Verari as well. Unfortunatly, they are running Windows and MSSQL. :( Our Win software developers love the Opterons performace. (I attempted to show them the light with Suse and Mono. Something about a horse, water and not wanting to drink occurred) Regards, Joe Bedard > -----Original Message----- > From: Johan Nielsen [mailto:yep@osterbo-net.dk] > Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 12:25 PM > To: suse-amd64(a)suse.com > Subject: [suse-amd64] POLL: Do you have a positive impression on the > 64-bit platform ... plz drop a note on the hardware you use > > > > Would be nice to have around for all considering buying stuff. > > Single / dual / X-cpu systems > Mainboard > RAM > Chipset > All the info you'd like to add > > Plz let me/others know how you dealt with problems if you had any > > (And yes ... I'll probably buy a AMD64/Opteron myself in the near > future) > > Johan -- Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help(a)suse.com

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RE: [suse-amd64] POLL: Do you have a positive impression on the 6 4-bit platform ... plz drop a note on the hardware you use
by Kevin.Wilson＠comtrol.com 21 Sep '04

21 Sep '04

NIC is built-in GB. Haven't tried the operations you speak of. I have a 7xxx series 3ware sata controller and it installed and ran primo so once the escalade series developers get caught up in the 64bit arena I am sure those will play nice too. Once I got the driver built and loaded the system seems to humming along but I haven't tested it thoroughly. -----Original Message----- From: Johan Nielsen [mailto:yep@osterbo-net.dk] Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 4:47 PM To: suse-amd64(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-amd64] POLL: Do you have a positive impression on the 6 4-bit platform ... plz drop a note on the hardware you use Tirsdag den 21. september 2004 21:47 skrev Kevin.Wilson(a)comtrol.com: > SuSE 9.1 Professional > > AMD Opteron 240 1.4GHz 64-bit Retail CPUs > Tyan Tiger K8W S2875ANRF Dual Opteron Server Board > PC2700 333MHz DDR ECC RAM - (4GB Total) > Maxtor 6Y200M0 200GB 7200RPM 8MB SERIAL ATA HDs - (4) > ATI Radeon 9200SE 64MB DDR 8x AGP w/ TV-Out > Tagan TG480-U01 480w pwr supply. > Topower TP134SAB Hot-swap SATA module. > 3ware 9500S-8 Escalade SATA Controller. > What Networkinterface (NIC) do you use or is it a built-in. Are you able to control the speed of the NIC between 10 and 100 Mbit and turn full dublex on/off with say ethtool ?? > > The only hassle I had was with the 3ware controller and the obvious > problems suse has with its setup program (update disk portion) for loading > modules on SMP systems at installation time. This is partly 3ware's fault > because they could not get their module in the kernel source tree in time > for the 9.1 release. > Well that also goes for single/32 bit systems :-/ But I've read a lot of very positive notes on the 3ware controllers > The sata raid controller could not be used for a fresh install. I had to > use an IDE disk to hold the OS then add the newly compiled module manually. One can get to new/fresh equipment (ASUS P4C800E-Deluxe) But would be nice with a guide in the help portal to get out of that trap (on the old IDE drive). Kind of SAD that we have to pay the SuSE-UPDATE-TAX to achieve that ;-) > The kernel-syms package had to be loaded for the 3ware module code to > compile properly. The only thing I have left is to tear everything down and > install clean to test if the 3ware module can handle a kernel update from > YaST without breaking. > No that's probably gonna be an experience of it's own ;-) > Other than what's mentioned above I have had *no* problems but the machine > is not in a production environment yet and isn't doing anything other than > sitting there spinning its wheels. The machine will end up being a > productin database server running postgresql, mysql and maxdb so once those > are on and I start running some tests I should learn more. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Johan Nielsen [mailto:yep@osterbo-net.dk] > Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 12:25 PM > To: suse-amd64(a)suse.com > Subject: [suse-amd64] POLL: Do you have a positive impression on the > 64-bit platform ... plz drop a note on the hardware you use > > > > Would be nice to have around for all considering buying stuff. > > Single / dual / X-cpu systems > Mainboard > RAM > Chipset > All the info you'd like to add > > Plz let me/others know how you dealt with problems if you had any > > (And yes ... I'll probably buy a AMD64/Opteron myself in the near future) > > Johan -- Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help(a)suse.com

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Re: [suse-amd64] POLL: Do you have a positive impression on the 64-bit platform ... plz drop a note on the hardware you use
by chu＠tes-mail.jpl.nasa.gov 21 Sep '04

21 Sep '04

We have three clusters, the first two purchased a year ago. The small one is 20 nodes: - MSI K8D Maaster MB - Dual Opteron 242 (1.6GHz) - 4 GB RAM - Two WDC 2500 - 1U rackmount chassis (Chenbro, I think) The large one is 152 nodes, same MB, CPUs, and disks, only 2GB RAM. - 1U Appro chassis The new one is 160 nodes, Opteron 250s, 4 GB RAM, and same disks, - Appro blade chassis. We also have a sprinkling of development nodes using the 244 CPUs, some of which are using Adaptec 39320 HBAs to connect to RAIDs for NFS service. (I would use Coda, but our Solaris clients do not have that.) These systems are used for processing tropospheric emissions data in an attempt to retrieve chemical consituents in the air. They are not used in the normal sense of "clusters"; we just run a lot of independent parallel jobs. eyc

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RE: [suse-amd64] POLL: Do you have a positive impression on the 6 4-bit platform ... plz drop a note on the hardware you use
by Black, Alain 21 Sep '04

21 Sep '04

Still running SLES8 patch set 3, this is a production server Tyan 2880UGNR Dual Opteron MB (2) AMD Opteron 246 Processor (4) 1GB DDR PC2700 333MHz REG 3Ware 8506-12 12Port PATA Raid (running RAID/5 with 200GB Western Digital PATA hard drives and one hot spare) 1 Slim CD-ROM 1 Floppy Drive - 1.44MB 3.5 in We're still thrilled with the performance of the machine and have ordered an additional machine with less storage space. -----Original Message----- From: Johan Nielsen [mailto:yep@osterbo-net.dk] Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 10:25 AM To: suse-amd64(a)suse.com Subject: [suse-amd64] POLL: Do you have a positive impression on the 64-bit platform ... plz drop a note on the hardware you use Would be nice to have around for all considering buying stuff. Single / dual / X-cpu systems Mainboard RAM Chipset All the info you'd like to add Plz let me/others know how you dealt with problems if you had any (And yes ... I'll probably buy a AMD64/Opteron myself in the near future) Johan -- Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help(a)suse.com

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Re: [suse-amd64] Amd64 internet not connecting
by Andi Kleen 21 Sep '04

21 Sep '04

[readding list] On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 07:40:16PM +0100, Whomparr wrote: > Andi Kleen wrote: > > >On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 06:05:00PM +0100, Whomparr wrote: > > > > > >>I've install Suse 9.1 onto my machine but am having problems when I > >>try to connect to the internet. I get the error message > >> > >>linux pppd[4602]: socket(AF_ATMPVC, SOCK_DGRAM, 0): Address family not > >>supported by protocol > >>linux pppd[4602]: Failed to open 0.38: Address family not supported by > >>protocol > >> > >>Can anyone help please ? > >> > >> > > > >You seem to use PPP over ATM. Unfortunately the ATM code is not completely > >64bit clean and the ATM support was disabled in the release. > > > >-Andi > > > > > > > That explains why it was working on my old 32-bit machine. > > Thanks for you help. If you're adventuous you can compile the kernel modules for this yourself and try if they work for you (set CONFIG_ATM to "m") Not all parts of ATM may be bad on 64bit. But we didn't have any way to test PPP over ATM, so we just disabled it. Please only attempt this when you already have basic knowledge on how to recompile a kernel. -Andi

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[Fwd: Re: [suse-amd64] POLL: Do you have a positive impression on the 64-bit platform ... plz drop a note on the hardware you use]
by melissad 21 Sep '04

21 Sep '04

Johan asks me to post this to the list. So here goes my 2 hardware success stories with SuSE 9.1 AMD 64 -----Forwarded Message----- > From: melissad <melissad(a)speakeasy.net> > To: yep(a)osterbo-net.dk > Subject: Re: [suse-amd64] POLL: Do you have a positive impression on the 64-bit platform ... plz drop a note on the hardware you use > Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 18:34:43 +0000 > > sorry, I didn't. Was it helpful? > > melissa > > On Tue, 2004-09-21 at 18:29, yep(a)osterbo-net.dk wrote: > > Did you send it to the list too > > > > > > Tirsdag den 21. september 2004 19:41 skrev melissad: > > > ASUS SK8V and ASUS SK8N - SuSE says only partially compliant, but I get > > > the on-board LAN and the sound just perfectly. I don't have SATA > > > drives, so turned the Promise SATA controllers off in CMOS. > > > > > > Opteron 150 and Athlon 3600 (same chip, I am given to understand) > > > > > > 2GB Registered ECC > > > > > > N'vidia 5600 - not great screen res yet on a iiyama AU4831D, but would > > > likely be fixed if I wanted to compile the latest nvidia driver. > > > > > > Matrox Parahelia is no good for reasons I cannot yet parse. Stuck it in > > > the Windows machine I never connect to the Net where it works great. > > > > > > The << apsupsd >> works perfectly, but use the documentation to set it > > > up. > > > > > > Had a problem with user access to the CD-RW and DVD. Resolved by > > > setting << chmod 777 /media/cdwriter >> and << chmod 777 /media/dvd >>. > > > This is low risk since keep no media in the drive when not actually > > > using the drive. > > > > > > don't know what other info to provide > > > > > > melissa > > > > > > On Tue, 2004-09-21 at 17:25, Johan Nielsen wrote: > > > > Would be nice to have around for all considering buying stuff. > > > > > > > > Single / dual / X-cpu systems > > > > Mainboard > > > > RAM > > > > Chipset > > > > All the info you'd like to add > > > > > > > > Plz let me/others know how you dealt with problems if you had any > > > > > > > > (And yes ... I'll probably buy a AMD64/Opteron myself in the near future) > > > > > > > > Johan > >

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Amd64 internet not connecting
by Whomparr 21 Sep '04

21 Sep '04

I've install Suse 9.1 onto my machine but am having problems when I try to connect to the internet. I get the error message linux pppd[4602]: socket(AF_ATMPVC, SOCK_DGRAM, 0): Address family not supported by protocol linux pppd[4602]: Failed to open 0.38: Address family not supported by protocol Can anyone help please ?

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RE: [suse-amd64] Speed comparisons... amd64 vs em64t?
by Bedard, Joe 21 Sep '04

21 Sep '04

Here is the most complete set of 64-bit Suse Linux benchmarks I can find that compares the AMD Opteron and the Nacoma EM64T. http://www.anandtech.com/linux/showdoc.aspx?i=2163 -----Original Message----- From: mmarion(a)qualcomm.com [mailto:mmarion@qualcomm.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 10:01 AM To: suse-amd64(a)suse.com Subject: [suse-amd64] Speed comparisons... amd64 vs em64t? Importance: Low >From "Re: [suse-amd64] Giving up on 64-bit Linux for now" Thread... > Currently, dual opteron 246 (2 Ghz) with 8 Gbyte memory is the fastest > performer running our application, compared with Apple dual G5 (2Ghz) and > dual Xeon (2.8 Ghz) by a wide margin. Speaking of which... Does anyone else have any decent comparisons of more real-world apps (not just synthetic benchmarks) between differing 64bit archs, especially opteron vs Intel? I tossed together a quick set of tests using 'openssl speed rsa' between IA64 and opteron (older 2.4 kernel systems) then amd64 vs em64t on some SLES9 installs (http://www.miguelito.org/openssl) and it looks like amd has a nice lead right now. Would love to see more application comparisons though. -- Mike Marion-Unix SysAdmin/Staff Engineer-http://www.qualcomm.com [It's Halloween Kitty gives out raisins] Kids: "Ewwwww..." Kitty: "No, raisins are good for you. Raisins are nature's candy." [As soon as she closes the sliding glass door eggs hit it] Red: "..and eggs are nature's hand grenade. Kitty, don't give them raisins.. it just pisses them off." -- Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help(a)suse.com

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How to access the 5 in 1 Card Reader in my Compaq R3240US Laptop
by Anirban Biswas 21 Sep '04

21 Sep '04

Hi I have a Compaq R3240US Laptop. But I can not access the 5 in 1 Card Reader in it. I did a lsmod & find that driver called yanta is assigned to CardReader but how to mount the card. Anirban Biswas. -- If Bill Gates is the Devil then Linus Torvalds must be the Messiah.

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RE: [suse-amd64] Giving up on 64-bit Linux for now
by Colin Carter 21 Sep '04

21 Sep '04

Hi, I have the same stresses: In December I bought the AMD64 and SuSE 9.0 SuSE wouldn't install and it took three months of very poor support to discover that there was a problem. So I lashed out and bought SuSE 9.1 This version installs, but... I have been unable to connect to the internet ( had to buy another PC for that) And nobody seems to be able to advise me on how to configure my system so that I can code with X Window or Xt. It is nearly 11 months of hassle. Anybody recommend SuSE? Colin Carter

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