On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 11:46 PM, Gordan Bobic <gordan at redsleeve.org> wrote: > On 2015-12-01 12:36, Karanbir Singh wrote: >> >> On 01/12/15 12:32, Gordan Bobic wrote: >>> >>> On 2015-12-01 12:12, Karanbir Singh wrote: >>>> >>>> On 01/12/15 10:11, Andreas Reschke wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi there, >>>>> I want to replace some servers (SOHO, Mail-, web-, Infrastructure, >>>>> X86_64, all with CentOS) with ARM-Servers. I've a /home-Server with >>>>> Odroid XU4 (Cloudshell) with Fedora running fine. >>>>> >>>>> Are there other ARM-Devices running CentOS easy? >>>> >>>> >>>> there are -no- ARMv7 grade server hardware available, there are single >>>> board units, none of which are capable of running infrastructure >>>> services for any reasonable performance. the cubietruck seems the most >>>> 'capable' but still falls well short of reasonable performance. >>>> >>>> There are however ARMv8 based server's that are available, the APM >>>> Mustang class of boards are well supported in CentOS Linux 7 and are >>>> perhaps the most widely available. >>>> >>>> this does however take into consideration my own interpretation of what >>>> might be considered 'reasonable performance'. >>> >>> >>> ARMv7 server grade hardware does exist. It wasn't so long ago that >>> I was helping the guys at Boston get RedSleeve 6 getting up and >>> running on their Viridis servers: >>> >>> https://www.boston.co.uk/solutions/viridis/default.aspx >> >> >> I believe the viridis platform has been discontinued for a few years now, > > > Has it? I seem to recall getting RSEL6 running on it 4 years ago, > and it has had a refresh since then. If it has been discontinued > it must have been relatively recently. > > And decent ARMv8 hardware is not actually that easily available, at > least in UK. There's a lot of posturing and press releases but very > little actual hardware to show for it. And if you can ever find it > commercially it is disproportionately expensive for what it is. > > Gordan > My experience has been identical. There appears to be a lot of talk around ARMv8, but I have been unable to find any hardware at close to reasonable prices (keen for suggestions). I have been considering the Nvidia Shield while I wait for decent server hardware to turn up, can anyone provide feedback on this hardware? > _______________________________________________ > Arm-dev mailing list > Arm-dev at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/arm-dev