SMP support is already in v7, so nothing new in v8 in this manner. What is new in v8 and interesting for Atom and other low-power CPUs as well is added support for CPU frequency scaling.
Additionally, there are a lot more new drivers for modern NICs and ICH10 support.
And don't forget added 64Bit CPU support, for taking full advantage of lots of memory.
Status: [Working|, currently using at [Home]
Astaro Version(s) tested: 7.921
System OR Motherboard: Intel D410PT Packton Mini-ITX Mainboard
Chipset: Intel NM10
BIOS version:
CPU: Atom D410
RAM: 2gig
Disk Controller 1:
Disk Controller 2:
Network Interfaces: Realtek RTL8103EL 10/100
VLAN support: (unknown|untested|no|working) unkown
Video Controller: Integrated Intel Graphics with GMA 3150 Technology
Hard Disk: (optional but please at least specify SATA/PATA/SCSI/SAS) SATA
Optical Drive: (optional) LG SATA DVD/CD
Case/Chassis: (optional) CASE APEX|MI-008 BK 250W RT
Power Supply: (optional) 250watt
What's not working: e.g. SATA doesn't work but IDE does Everything is working with 64bit kernel
Total Power Consumption (in Watts, if known): [measured|estimated based upon...] please do not use the power supply rating Unkown
Total Cost: (optional, please specify currency, retail|used, and date)
Comments / Notes:
Have not tested with 7.5xx
I'm using the Intel D510 and it works much better with v8 than it did with v7. For some reason i couldn't get v7 working with two cores. Now i use v8 and SMP works fine, the system never uses more than 50 % cpu time even when i'm using my full bandwith (50 mbits/s - 5mbits/s) with IPS enabled.
When i used v7 the system couldn't handle the full load.
the only reasons I can think about why not to use 64bit Kernel support are:
- You need a machine that really takes advantage of the technology. With or above 4GB RAM you should switch to 64Bit.
- 64Bit Kernel support is rather new and there are still some unknown issues to be dscovered and fixed in the Linux Kernel and tools
- At the ASG there are very few (if any) daemons that already take advantage of 64Bit. The main advantage is increased allocateable memory (increased max connections etc.). It's only the Kernel that makes the difference at the ASG as of now. You can also easily switch kernels by (un)/installing the corresponding kernel RPMs.
No words about performance from me ;-). Not that I wouldn' t tell you, just a lack of the necessary figures.
1.) Obviously some benchmarks could be very helpful to the decision making process. The justification of a move to 64 bit almost requires it in a business environment. Particularly in light of any risk of unknown issues or problems with 64 bit kernels in an ASG. Let's call it necessary additional motivation.
2.) What kind of timeline would you think one could expect with regard to the implementation of 64 bit daemons for most, if not all, of the various processes?
3.) And regardless of the timeline, what are your thoughts about the performance improvements to be had via 64 bit daemon conversions.
I agree with trollvottel, after running V8 32bit for a few days i have installed the 64bit version and i see no difference at all on my Atom based system with 2gb ram. I doubt if an Atom based system would benefit from 64bits and more ram because the cpu can't handle the amount of users that would make more ram necessary.
I agree with trollvottel, after running V8 32bit for a few days i have installed the 64bit version and i see no difference at all on my Atom based system with 2gb ram. I doubt if an Atom based system would benefit from 64bits and more ram because the cpu can't handle the amount of users that would make more ram necessary.
I'm wondering if a fully vetted 64 bit version of ASL in a box shouldn't be a bit more stable, particularly when stressed, than the 32 bit version of ASL. The extra speed of the 64 bit version, though minor, would be a bonus. The world is going to 64 bit - so why not?
As an aside, the Atom pages on Intel's site list 4Gb as the max RAM - at least for the current Atom CPU's. The current i7's list 24Gb as max RAM. I'm sure both of those numbers will grow over time.
