[Planetlab-users] Questions about PlanetLab node hardware support

[Kostis Kyzirakos]

Hello,
We will soon join PlanetLab and we have the same questions regarding what
hardware we should buy.
Is this list http://www.planet-lab.org/node/175 up to date?

Regards,
Kostis


On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 1:06 AM, Marc E. Fiuczynski <mef at cs.princeton.edu>
wrote:

> 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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Kostis
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