Serious folding muscle

[Nathan_P]

I know we already have a current thread on server folding but this stood out so much it just warrants its own thread me thinks, in recognition of the sheer amount of grunt that this machine has.

http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=15730#p156135

 

[APOLLO]

That's the current pinnacle in Intel x86 hardware. Quad-socket Nehalem Beckton octal-core server (7500-series). What's impressive about this particular server is that it's equipped with four X7560 Xeons, which are the top model blessed with 24MB of L3 cache, that's right 24MB!!!

http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=46499
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2010/04/07/intel-xeon-x7560-nehalem-ex-review/1

Here's a guy who got four of these processors to play with for free... http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=243057

 

[sirmonkey1985]

they are just retardedly expensive and in my opinion no where near worth the value yet when it comes to PPD.. even the low end 7500 series chips are over 2 grand a piece..

 

[APOLLO]

they are just retardedly expensive and in my opinion no where near worth the value yet when it comes to PPD.. even the low end 7500 series chips are over 2 grand a piece..

Yep, totally agreed. They're not intended for personal use and besides the frequency is too low for my liking. Moreover, I'm still wondering about F@H scaling issues but like we both posted in the past, more than one client can be installed if such a problem arises. In any case, I'd still like to see what these servers are capable of. Too bad that guy in the OP FF link isn't on our team...