From: lovnish.sharma@bt.com
Date: Thu Dec 25 2008 - 08:12:54 ARST
I purchased a Laptop with below configration & I am able to run all the routers & switches of IE Labs simulteneously on Dynamips.
I am able work without any hassles on this configuration.
Sony Vaio, VGN FW21E model
CPU
Microprocessor Full Name Intel. Core(tm)2 Duo Processor P8400, Supports Enhanced Intel SpeedStep. Technology
Microprocessor Manufacturer Intel.
Microprocessor Speed (GHz) 2.26
L2 Cache (KB) 3072 Advanced Smart Cache
Frontside Bus (MHz) 1066
Number of Cores 2
Memory
Memory Speed (MHz) 800
Memory Type DDR2 SDRAM (2x2048MB)
Max. Memory (MB) 4096
Max Memory Comment In the case of 4GB, a portion of the system memory over 3GB might not be available to the operating system
Memory Size (MB) 4096
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From: nobody@groupstudy.com on behalf of Andy Hogard
Sent: Thu 25/12/2008 08:29
To: Piotr
Cc: Nick Griffin; CCIE in6months; Cisco certification
Subject: Re: Dynamips server recommendation
Hahah, was not able to resists some googling on the processors, yeah Q6600
turns out to be more bang for the money atm. While Q8820/30 will sooner or
latter will replace them, and prolly go down to the 180USD price line. :)
Sorry for going a bit OT. :P
On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Andy Hogard <andyhogard@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hmm, I actually meant the Q8200/Q8300 earlier and not qQ8800 ..sorry for
> the errata.
>
> Piotr, wouldnt it be better if one goes by the benchmarking results for
> multithreaded applications (games) rather than just l3/l2 cache nos. eh. You
> know the best place to lookup would be tomshardware charts, again I am not
> the one building this machine, so wont get into nitty gritty details of it.
>
> Yeah I know for the price of ram 8gig seems to be ok, but again not all
> have a free unlimited budget.
>
> My two cents.
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 5:56 AM, Piotr <usaccie@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have the Q6600 quad core vista 64 bit OS, 8gb ram and dynamips fly's on
>> it. I know if I move to ubuntu it will be even faster but it runs fine now
>> so why change OS's!
>> Do some research on the processor before you buy. Like the Q8300 comes
>> with
>> a very crappy 4mb cache, waste of money.
>>
>> It must be a quad core. The Q6600 packs a lot of bang for the buck and is
>> a
>> VERY good processor. It's better then some of the new ones.
>>
>>
>> http://compare.intel.com/pcc/showchart.aspx?mmID=38497,37586,37582,458896,49445,33423,39107,885492&familyID=1&culture=en-US
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Nick Griffin
>> <nick.jon.griffin@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>> > I built a cheap server comprised of a Q6600 quad core processor, 8 gig
>> of
>> > memory, terabyte of drive space (7200) rpm. I run this on a suse 10.3,
>> and
>> > I
>> > can easily run a R/S topology with protocols, as well as a s/p topology
>> > with
>> > the cpu in the 60-80% range, between 30-40 routers. I spent around $900,
>> > and
>> > with the right idle pc values it works awesome. I would definitly go
>> with
>> > the quad core option.
>> >
>> > HTH
>> >
>> > Nick Griffin
>> >
>> > On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 8:39 AM, CCIE in6months <
>> cciein6months@gmail.com
>> > >wrote:
>> >
>> > > Hello group,
>> > >
>> > > I am preparing for R*S lab and at this stage I am arranging R&S lab
>> > > equipment. I am not thinking to buy real equipment but dynamips
>> server.
>> > >
>> > > Can anyone advise which of the options below would be the right one ,
>> > > regardless of cost. I need a good performance.
>> > >
>> > > Option 1
>> > > ======
>> > > Dual-core XEON 3.0 GHZ processor, 4GIG RAM, 72Ghz Hard-disk (HP
>> ML580
>> > G3
>> > > server)
>> > >
>> > > Option 2
>> > > ======
>> > > Single Quad Core 3.0 Ghz processor, 4 GIG RAM, 72Ghz Hard-disk (Dell
>> or
>> > > local brand)
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Any consideration for low noise server? I know HP server is going to
>> make
>> > > noise.
>> > >
>> > > All I need is to run dynamips on this server. I will be using IEWB 5x
>> to
>> > > start with and later on other vendor.
>> > >
>> > > Thanks in Advance
>> > >
>> > >
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