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

[i iordanov]

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 at redhat.com> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Doron Fediuck" <dfediuck at redhat.com>
>> To: "i iordanov" <iiordanov at gmail.com>
>> Cc: users at 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 at gmail.com>
>> > To: "Doron Fediuck" <dfediuck at redhat.com>
>> > Cc: users at ovirt.org, "Yedidyah Bar David" <didi at redhat.com>, "Sandro
>> > Bonazzola" <sbonazzo at redhat.com>
>> > 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



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