The IBM Performance Simulator for Linux on POWER is a suite of performance models based on IBM’s POWER series of processors. Users of Linux on POWER will be able to examine how their code executes on various IBM POWER processors so that they can identify and avoid common performance hazards on these processors.
IBM Performance Simulator for Linux on POWER
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Can’t see where this is news worthy for at least OS News readers very few will have a need for perfomance tools on such an expensive and proprietary platform. Hellp have you checked the prices of a basic power based workstation on ebay lately?
Can’t see where this is news worthy for at least OS News readers very few will have a need for perfomance tools on such an expensive and proprietary platform. Hellp have you checked the prices of a basic power based workstation on ebay lately?
We might not own them personally, but our employers might have a few.
I didn’t realize that OS News was limited to inexpensive platforms.
This is as much news as the “Fedora Core x86-64 Hints ‘n’ Tips” or the “Virtual Memory Optimization Guide Rev. 4.1” articles.
An entry level OpenPower 710 (2x73GB Hard drives + 2GB RAM) runs about $4500 – how is this more expensive than lets say an entry level Dell, HP, etc?
Most of the shops i have worked in wit the exception of well…IBM do not use P Series hardware let alone run Linux on it and/or develop applications for the platform. This article applies to an extreme niche market.
An entry level OpenPower 710 (2x73GB Hard drives + 2GB RAM) runs about $4500 – how is this more expensive than lets say an entry level Dell, HP, etc?
Personally the IBM power platform would be my next to last last choice to run linux. only ahead of obsolete platforms such as alpha.