Spec me a dev machine

agent_paul

agent_paul

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Hi all,

ive been asked by my manager to draw up plans for a set of new development machines and was hoping for some input before i start.

there are only a few requirements
  • Must last at least 3 years
  • Must be compatable with Centos Linux
  • Must be a lot better than current machines (intel xeon 3.0ghz HT CPU's with 2 gigs of ram)

im not too sure where he stands with overclocking but since its a company i doubt they would allow it (but i might be able to sway him)

The only concern i currently have is where we stand with DDR3 in the next 3 years, Power consumption and other new technologies that may come within that time

any idea where to start guys?
 
Hmmm thanks for the reply Scottly,

i have very little experience running virtual machines since ive only played with vmware and the MS one on my home machine. with my little experience they do seem abit slow on my machine but theres been a whole load of noise about hardware accelerated virtualisation recently hasnt there?

so if we do go down the virtualisation route, what server would you recommend and would you think that it would support about 6 or 7 developers doing Java Enterprise developement???

regards
 
ok well heres one i made earlier :)



just a quick basic setup. since overclocking isnt really promoted, the cpu and memory could change...

also the p35 is chosen because linux doesnt always support the most latest hardware so going to a chipset thats been around for around a year should be ok.

so whatcha guys think? good enough for enterprise web app development?

thanks
 
geez Scottly chill out man...

i looked into your suggestion and found that risky myself. if we do get a so called "god server" what happends if that falls over? then the entire dev team will be sitting around twiddling thumbs. (not only that but other people on the team werent very happy when i pointed that out as an option)

ok i understand where your comming from about the gaming machine, i could get away with spending loads of money and buying AMD Black editions and the Intel equivalent. but i was thinking of actually trying to save the company money and getting some bang for buck by overclocking abit.

and that graphics card... yea that was abit stupid, but it doesnt hurt to play a few games now and then during lunch right?

at the end of the day, yes i do take pride in my work and yes running an overclocked monster may be out of the question but who said ill be running these machines inches away from blowing up?

oh and i did have a chat to my manager, looks like they might do the standard thing and order 2 grand dells

have a nice day
 
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