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For what it's worth, the power9 servers look great. Not sure if they'll live up to the hype, though.
by shaklee3 9y ago
For what it's worth, the power9 servers look great. Not sure if they'll live up to the hype, though.
- kyrra 9y agoGoogle was one of the founding members for OpenPOWER. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenPOWER_Foundation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenPOWER_Foundation The large providers are always looking around, it would be silly not to.
- newman314 9y agoPOWER is vulnerable to Spectre. I’m trying to get definitive confirmation that it’s affected by Meltdown (firmware notes say yes)
- shaklee3 9y agoI was coming at it more from a "having alternatives is good" comment instead of saying it's not vulnerable to the new problems. The specs look interesting enough to benchmark on, and perhaps if it actually does perform better, then even with patches it will stand out.
- newman314 9y agoFor those who are curious about POWER, here is the firmware link for a 880. https://download4.boulder.ibm.com/sar/CMA/SFA/07d79/0/01SC860_138_056.html https://download4.boulder.ibm.com/sar/CMA/SFA/07d79/0/01SC86... In response to recently reported security vulnerabilities, this firmware update is being released to address Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures issue numbers CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5753 and CVE-2017-5754. Operating System updates are required in conjunction with this FW level for CVE-2017-5753 and CVE-2017-5754