[vfio-users] Hardware recommendation?

[Ryan Flagler]

Yep, that's the one. Dirt cheap! I was able to snag a used SuperMicro
X9DR7-LN4F dual-socket motherboard and threw 2 of them in there. I don't
have much of an issue giving my VMs enough CPU. :) ECC DDR3 Registered
memory is relatively cheap on ebay too.

On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 10:21 AM Alex Williamson <
alex.l.williamson at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 9:14 AM, Ryan Flagler <ryan.flagler at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I know Alex has recommended the E5 series processors/motherboards for the
>> best compatibility. There are 2 versions of motherboards that support that
>> right now. Socket R and Socket R3. Obviously E5 series processors are not
>> very affordable brand new; however, the market is currently flooded with
>> server pulled E5-2670 CPUs. They can be easily found for $60 on ebay. These
>> CPUs work on Socket R motherboards. Additionally, these motherboards will
>> still support DDR3 memory which is cheaper to acquire than DDR4 as well.
>>
>> That's where I'd start if I was you. Obviously there could always be
>> issues with 1 manufacturer to another, but hopefully that's a starting
>> place.
>>
>
> Nice tip!  You're referring to Sandy-Bridge EP, right?
>
>
> http://ark.intel.com/products/64595/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5-2670-20M-Cache-2_60-GHz-8_00-GTs-Intel-QPI
>
> 8-core, hmmm that's tempting.
>
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