[GRLUG] FOR SALE - 16-Cores, 128GB RAM, 3.2TB, RAID, 2xFX4500 Graphics

[Bob Kline]

OK.  I've never used Gentoo, but
thought one of the motivations for
doing so was that you compiled it
for your specific processor, and got
some kind of performance bump.

I do use Ubuntu, and upgrades of one
sort or another come along regularly.
But the packages are generic, and all
one sees is "i386" or some kind of 64-bit
package, and doesn't get whatever
optimization might occur by compiling
for your exact CPU.

One can of course download tar-balls,
and build and install them to get the
latest of something.  I used to do this
with GNU packages, but it just doesn't
seem worth the bother any more unless
it's for serious bug fixes.  But Ubuntu
does that anyway.  Maybe a short while
later.

That I can see, if one wants more
performance, buy higher performance
hardware.  Even trying to optimize
compile code can only take one a little
ways in terms of performance increases.
That I can tell, the other reason for
upgrading is usually bug fixes, and, more
rarely, improved features.

   -- Bob


On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:

> I didn't arrange for any meaningful benchmarks.  I don't really think
> there is such a thing, either.
>
> My two big reasons for using Gentoo are the incremental upgrade
> philosophy (no apt-get dist-upgrade every six months, no reinstall of
> a new annual release), and that I often need to be on the bleeding
> edge versions when I do thinks like media processing.
>
> I did blog on the subject about a week ago:
> http://mmol-6453.livejournal.com/144877.html
>
> On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Bob Kline<bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> > How much faster do you find things
> > run by doing a compile on your own?
> >
> >    -- Bob
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Mike Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I've been using Gentoo lately. A whole-OS recompile takes about eight
> >> hours over-night on dodo. That thing makes me lust a bit...
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Casey DuBois <casey at grlug.org>
> >> Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 3:33 PM
> >> To: grlug at grlug.org
> >> Subject: Re: [GRLUG] FOR SALE - 16-Cores, 128GB RAM, 3.2TB, RAID,
> 2xFX4500
> >>      Graphics
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Rob Steenwyk<rsteenwyk at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> > How do you just receive this kind of thing? Was it for work and now it
> >> > isn't
> >> > needed? Regardless, that is awesome!
> >> >
> >> > Rob Steenwyk
> >> > rsteenwyk at gmail.com
> >> > 616-723-0226
> >> >
> >>
> >> System was a lease return that came in with a large batch of storage
> >> and switches, not sure how much it was used as it is VERY clean inside
> >> and has not had the protective coating removed from the case.
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