Re: [ovirt-users] experience with AMD Kabini (Jaguar) CPUs

Hi Francesco, Thank you so much! I really appreciate it. I already ordered the parts taking a small risk. Yes, this system promises to be so cool and quiet, that I can practically use it as a pillow :). Cheers! iordan On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 5:32 AM, Francesco Romani <fromani(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Doron Fediuck" <dfediuck(a)redhat.com&gt; >> To: "i iordanov" <iiordanov(a)gmail.com&gt; >> Cc: users(a)ovirt.org >> Sent: Thursday, June 5, 2014 6:50:58 PM >> Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] experience with AMD Kabini (Jaguar) CPUs >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "i iordanov" <iiordanov(a)gmail.com&gt; >> > To: "Doron Fediuck" <dfediuck(a)redhat.com&gt; >> > Cc: users(a)ovirt.org, "Yedidyah Bar David" <didi(a)redhat.com&gt;, "Sandro >> > Bonazzola" <sbonazzo(a)redhat.com&gt; >> > Sent: Thursday, June 5, 2014 7:46:24 PM >> > Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] experience with AMD Kabini (Jaguar) CPUs >> > >> > Hi Doron, >> > >> > I haven't purchased the Kabini-based system. I hoping that I would be >> > able to learn in advance whether an all-in-one installation of oVirt >> > would work on it. Unfortunately, returning it would be a hassle and I >> > would not get a full refund for it. If there is no way to discover in >> > advance whether oVirt will work on the system, I can take a risk. Is >> > an all-in-one oVirt installation known to work on any of the modern >> > AMD offerings? >> > >> > Thanks! >> > iordan > > Hi everyone, > > I'm playing with a new AMD Kabini host, to see how it behaves as very low-cost[1], > low-consumption hypervisor host[2]. I'm still installing the node, so I don't > have actual data yet. > > According to libvirt, the host present itself as Opteron_G3. > > Plese find attached the output from > virsh (1.2.5) capabilities (caps.txt) > lscpu (lscpu.txt) > lspci (lspci.txt) > > > +++ > > [1] You can get a CPU + mainboard with ~85 EURO or even less, and it will consume > 25W fully loaded, much less when idle. The fan is close to inaudible. > [2] I'll put together a document/wiki page with my findings and experience > afterwards. > > -- > Francesco Romani > RedHat Engineering Virtualization R & D > Phone: 8261328 > IRC: fromani -- The conscious mind has only one thread of execution.