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

[i iordanov]

Hey,

Just a quick update on this. The machine is really quiet and cool, and
most importantly, oVirt works perfectly on it.

Thanks again for all the input!
iordan

On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 12:03 PM, i iordanov <iiordanov at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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