Re: 64bit hardware suggestions? - again . .

Sridhar,


On 2009-06-29 18:29, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
> 2009/6/29 Philip Rhoades<[email protected]>
>> People,
>>
>> I am thinking about upgrading and want to do more virtualisation
>> stuff - does anyone have suggestions for modestly priced hardware?
>> - I will be upgrading to Fedora 11 on either the old or new
>> hardware . .
>
> Basic advice is to get a CPU with lots of cores (4 is good) and
> hardware virtualisation support*, as well as lots of RAM (8GB is
> quite affordable these days).
>
> You might also want to consider RAID if you'll be doing lots of
> writes. Linux has a good software RAID infrastructure. Stay away
> from the cheap fake RAID that you find integrated on motherboards.
>
>
> * Look carefully - a lot of chips don't have it. Wikipedia is your
> friend.


Any suggestions about retailers/suppliers?

- Could the person who responded with a suggested retailer resend the 
mail? - I seem to have lost it somehow . . sorry . .

Thanks,

Phil.
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