[Planetlab-users] Questions about PlanetLab node hardware support

[Marc E. Fiuczynski]

Hello Keon,

Our next kernel upgrade will support SMP.  I suspect a basic dual core 
box will suffice.  No need to go to quad or 2 quad core procs.

4GB of RAM is good, as we have not moved to x86_64 yet.

In terms of wisely using your limited funds, I suspect that many small 
boxes (i.e., dual-core w/ 4GB ram) are better than fewer big boxes.

Cheers,
Marc

Keon Jang wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Our lab going to upgrade our planetlab nodes.
> We've got several questions while choosing hardwares.
> 
> 1) How many CPUs does the planelab node OS supprots?
>  We're thinking 2 Quad Core xeon if it can be utilized.
> 
> 2) How much size of the RAM does the planetlab  node OS supports?
>   We're considering 8GB of RAM, but we're not sure 8GB is supported
> and necessary.
> 
> 3) What is the major performance bottleneck in the planetlab node?
>  Since we have limited amount of money,
>  it would be better to know where we should spend more money on.
> 
>  Please give me any comments/recommendation on choosing hardware.
> 
> Thanks,
> Keon Jang.
> 
> --
> Keon Jang
> Advanced Networking Laboratory
> Division of Computer Science, Dept. of EECS, KAIST
> 
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