[OpenIndiana-discuss] i7 cpu that accepts ECC Ram

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Fri, 1 Feb 2013, Harry Putnam wrote:
>
> I don't notice any mention of graphics while paging round those sites
> and linked sites.
>
> Do server platforms generally not have graphics or is it just inserted
> into a slot somewhere?  or what?

True server-boards normally have a very low-end video interface (often 
Matrox).  Ones designed for workstation use don't have that.  Solaris 
works best with Nvidia PCI-e video cards and offers 2D and OpenGL 
performance similar to Linux with those cards.  However, there is no 
support for other GPU programming environments like CUDA or OpenCL on 
Solaris.  I have a Quadro 4000 in my system, and had OpenIndiana 
briefly running on another system with a Quadro 2000.  Make sure you 
check driver availability while selecting a card.  You need a 4U 
chassis with a power-supply configuration intended to support video 
cards.

Bob
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