[vfio-users] Hardware recommendation?

[Brandon Ganem]

x99 + something like:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Xeon-E5-2650-v3-ES-LGA2011-3-10C-Compatible-with-X99-i7-5820K-5930K-5960X-/151990443313?hash=item2363561d31:g:thIAAOSwHjNV~XJy

At least, if you're okay with buying an engineering sample CPU. Regular
i7-5xxxk CPUs are rock solid choices too, but you lose ecc.

On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 11:23 AM, Ryan Flagler <ryan.flagler at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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