FSL seems to only use one core, so I have 7 idle cores when I use it. If
someone knows of a way of using more cores, please let me know.
On 11/6/11 3:38 PM, "Cornelius Werner" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Hello list,
>
>I'm evaluating a set of hardware upgrade options and would like to
>know if anyone has had the opportunity of running the FEEDS test suite
>on a Phenom II X6 1100T or perhaps even a Bulldozer FX 8150/8120 CPU?
>Do you think the additional cores make up for the rather lackluster
>integer performance as compared to an i5-2500, leave alone an i7-2600?
>If floating point performance was critical, maybe the Phenom X6 is the
>best choice, as it sports 6 FPUs?! I am planning on installing SGE and
>lots of RAM (ideally 32GB) in order to run as many jobs in parallel as
>possible. My current rig (Intel Q6600 @3Ghz w/ 8GB RAM running Ubuntu
>Linux 11.04 64bit) finishes the FEEDS "RUN all" in 1623sec user time,
>but with 8GB there is not much room for concurrent analyses.
>
>Thanks for any input,
>Cornelius
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