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Zen 2 Epyc would barely double the price of older platforms if you buy an entire server, and would run circles around them.
by LtdJorge 1y ago
Zen 2 Epyc would barely double the price of older platforms if you buy an entire server, and would run circles around them.
- chasil 1y agoA slow computer that does what you want is infinitely more valuable than a fast computer that does not.
- grim_io 1y agowhy would a fast computer refuse to do what you want?
- chasil 1y ago[flagged]
- RealStickman_ 1y ago1. That's still perfectly possible 2. We're talking about x86_64 CPUs here that have been open to install your own software basically since they existed
- chasil 1y agoMore modern x86 comes with significant problems. The minimum is now eight cores on a die for both AMD and Intel, so running a quad core system means staying on 14nm. You may loudly criticize holding back on a quad core system, but you aren't paying $47,500 per core to license Oracle Enterprise database. The eight core minimum is a huge detriment for commercial software that is licensed by core. This, and this alone, shatters your argument. Any other questions?
- RealStickman_ 1y agoYou can still get quad cores, here's an Epyc CPU with four cores [0] Here's also a recent Xeon quad core [1] Beside that, could you please show me where the F-Droid build server uses an Oracle Database? [0] https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/server/epyc/4004-series/amd-epyc-4124p.html https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/server/epyc/4004-... [1] https://www.intel.de/content/www/de/de/products/sku/236193/intel-xeon-e2414-processor-12m-cache-2-60-ghz/specifications.html https://www.intel.de/content/www/de/de/products/sku/236193/i...
- chasil 1y agoI don't know if F-Droid uses Oracle, and I don't care. For any software licensed by core count, modern systems are usually at a disadvantage. Next question please.