[Simh] Platform for VAX MP Experimentation (amongst other uses)

[Mark Wickens]

Note that I might also go for a cluster configuration of standard SIMH
builds, or some combination of emulators in a cluster just to make life
interesting...

On 5 January 2015 at 23:01, Mark Wickens <mark at wickensonline.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi
>
> I was interested in the collective thoughts of SIMH users with regard to
> simulator performance - and in particular - about what would be a suitable
> platform to experiment with the multiprocessor variant of SIMH.
>
> I have various reasons to be interested in a server that has multiple
> cores - from virtualisation of Windows and other operating systems to
> running multiple emulators including VAX and Alpha emulators.
>
> I am seriously considering buying an HP Proliant 585 Gen 6 server - the
> variant I'm looking it has 32 GB of RAM and 4 x hex core AMD Opteron 2.4Ghz
> (8431) for a total of 24 cores. There isn't a great deal of performance
> information out there but I think buying one of these second hand for
> around GBP 250 is a sensible compromise between number of CPUs and price.
>
> Are there any other multi-cpu servers I could sensibly consider given
> budget constraints? Is 32 GB a sensible amount of RAM or should I got for
> more?
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Mark.
>
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