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Maia: /* Performance */

2023-02-26T02:59:16Z

Performance

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	==Performance==		==Performance==

	The things you may have heard about Niagara CPUs are true, and yuri is objectively very [[XZ Test\|slow]]. With 64 CPU threads and a high RAM ceiling, though, it is competent at juggling many low-intensity tasks like ~~small~~ web and mail servers, which is exactly what I use it for.		The things you may have heard about Niagara CPUs are true, and yuri is objectively very [[XZ Test\|slow]]. With 64 CPU threads and a high RAM ceiling, though, it is competent at juggling many low-intensity tasks like web and mail servers, which is exactly what it was intended for, and what I use it for.

	==Slot Configuration==		==Slot Configuration==

Maia at 12:14, 27 January 2023

2023-01-27T12:14:08Z

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	{{Timeline		{{Timeline
	\|before=[[akagi]]<br>2013-2019		\|before=[[akagi]]<br>2013-2019
	\|title=[[~~tsundoku~~ primary server]]		\|title=[[Maia's primary server]]
	\|years=2019-		\|years=2019-
	\|after=Current		\|after=Current

Maia: Add a link to XZ Test in the Performance section

2023-01-27T12:12:54Z

Add a link to XZ Test in the Performance section

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	==Performance==		==Performance==

	The things you may have heard about Niagara CPUs are true, and yuri is objectively very slow. With 64 CPU threads and a high RAM ceiling, though, it is competent at juggling many low-intensity tasks like small web and mail servers, which is exactly what I use it for.		The things you may have heard about Niagara CPUs are true, and yuri is objectively very [[XZ Test\|slow]]. With 64 CPU threads and a high RAM ceiling, though, it is competent at juggling many low-intensity tasks like small web and mail servers, which is exactly what I use it for.

	==Slot Configuration==		==Slot Configuration==

Maia: Still more better

2023-01-27T12:10:50Z

Still more better

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	After [[arc]], I swore off rackmount equipment mostly over noise concerns, but my new apartment at the time had a small third bedroom with its own climate control that I took advantage of to run a SPARC server without suffering for it in the rest of the house. I shortened an IKEA HEJNE shelf to create a makeshift cabinet and slid it under a desk in the corner. Maintenance access was a pain, but the machine was out of the way and mostly unheard.		After [[arc]], I swore off rackmount equipment mostly over noise concerns, but my new apartment at the time had a small third bedroom with its own climate control that I took advantage of to run a SPARC server without suffering for it in the rest of the house. I shortened an IKEA HEJNE shelf to create a makeshift cabinet and slid it under a desk in the corner. Maintenance access was a pain, but the machine was out of the way and mostly unheard.

	yuri spent most of 2021 out of service as I completed yet another international move, running a clone of my infrastructure on a friend's VMware stack. Eventually, though, I tracked down a rail kit ~~for it~~ and installed it in a short rack in a back room in my new house, trying to take a similar approach ~~to the one~~ before. File services came back in November, and a year later, after some drawn-out indecision on where to source static IP addresses from, I finally brought Internet services back from the temporary environment.		yuri spent most of 2021 out of service as I completed yet another international move, running a clone of my infrastructure on a friend's VMware stack. Eventually, though, I tracked down the correct rail kit and installed it in a short rack in a back room in my new house, trying to take a similar approach as before. File services came back in November, and a year later, after some drawn-out indecision on where to source static IP addresses from, I finally brought Internet services back from the temporary environment.

	==Performance==		==Performance==

Maia: Missed something

2023-01-27T12:09:54Z

Missed something

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	In 2019, I began to notice inexpensive SPARC Enterprise M3000s appearing on online auctions, but these were still not quite modern enough; Solaris 11.4, released the previous year, had dropped support for them. I eventually noticed the occasional SPARC T4-1, though, which happened to be the new minimum spec for modern Solaris. Two appeared on Yahoo! Auctions in July with no RAM or disks for ¥20,000 each, so I decided to buy one. Fortunately, Sun 2.5" drive sleds were easy to source, and DDR3 RDIMMs were relatively cheap, so adding the missing pieces was no trouble.		In 2019, I began to notice inexpensive SPARC Enterprise M3000s appearing on online auctions, but these were still not quite modern enough; Solaris 11.4, released the previous year, had dropped support for them. I eventually noticed the occasional SPARC T4-1, though, which happened to be the new minimum spec for modern Solaris. Two appeared on Yahoo! Auctions in July with no RAM or disks for ¥20,000 each, so I decided to buy one. Fortunately, Sun 2.5" drive sleds were easy to source, and DDR3 RDIMMs were relatively cheap, so adding the missing pieces was no trouble.

	After [[arc]], I swore off rackmount equipment mostly over noise concerns, but my new apartment at the time had a small third bedroom with its own climate control that I took advantage to run a SPARC server without suffering for it in the rest of the house. I shortened an IKEA HEJNE shelf to create a makeshift cabinet and slid it under a desk in the corner. Maintenance access was a pain, but the machine was out of the way and mostly unheard.		After [[arc]], I swore off rackmount equipment mostly over noise concerns, but my new apartment at the time had a small third bedroom with its own climate control that I took advantage of to run a SPARC server without suffering for it in the rest of the house. I shortened an IKEA HEJNE shelf to create a makeshift cabinet and slid it under a desk in the corner. Maintenance access was a pain, but the machine was out of the way and mostly unheard.

	yuri spent most of 2021 out of service as I completed yet another international move, running a clone of my infrastructure on a friend's VMware stack. Eventually, though, I tracked down a rail kit for it and installed it in a short rack in a back room in my new house, trying to take a similar approach to the one before. File services came back in November, and a year later, after some drawn-out indecision on where to source static IP addresses from, I finally brought Internet services back from the temporary environment.		yuri spent most of 2021 out of service as I completed yet another international move, running a clone of my infrastructure on a friend's VMware stack. Eventually, though, I tracked down a rail kit for it and installed it in a short rack in a back room in my new house, trying to take a similar approach to the one before. File services came back in November, and a year later, after some drawn-out indecision on where to source static IP addresses from, I finally brought Internet services back from the temporary environment.

Maia: More better

2023-01-27T12:09:23Z

More better

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	In 2019, I began to notice inexpensive SPARC Enterprise M3000s appearing on online auctions, but these were still not quite modern enough; Solaris 11.4, released the previous year, had dropped support for them. I eventually noticed the occasional SPARC T4-1, though, which happened to be the new minimum spec for modern Solaris. Two appeared on Yahoo! Auctions in July with no RAM or disks for ¥20,000 each, so I decided to buy one. Fortunately, Sun 2.5" drive sleds were easy to source, and DDR3 RDIMMs were relatively cheap, so adding the missing pieces was no trouble.		In 2019, I began to notice inexpensive SPARC Enterprise M3000s appearing on online auctions, but these were still not quite modern enough; Solaris 11.4, released the previous year, had dropped support for them. I eventually noticed the occasional SPARC T4-1, though, which happened to be the new minimum spec for modern Solaris. Two appeared on Yahoo! Auctions in July with no RAM or disks for ¥20,000 each, so I decided to buy one. Fortunately, Sun 2.5" drive sleds were easy to source, and DDR3 RDIMMs were relatively cheap, so adding the missing pieces was no trouble.

	After [[arc]], I swore off rackmount equipment ~~because I was tired of the~~ noise, but my new apartment at the time had a small third bedroom with its own climate control~~, which~~ I took advantage to run a SPARC server without suffering for it in the rest of the house. I shortened an IKEA HEJNE shelf to create a makeshift cabinet and slid it under a desk in the corner. Maintenance access was a pain, but the machine was out of the way and mostly unheard.		After [[arc]], I swore off rackmount equipment mostly over noise concerns, but my new apartment at the time had a small third bedroom with its own climate control that I took advantage to run a SPARC server without suffering for it in the rest of the house. I shortened an IKEA HEJNE shelf to create a makeshift cabinet and slid it under a desk in the corner. Maintenance access was a pain, but the machine was out of the way and mostly unheard.

	yuri spent most of 2021 out of service as I completed yet another international move, running a clone of my infrastructure on a friend's VMware stack. Eventually, though, I tracked down a rail kit for it and installed it in a short rack in a back room in my new house, trying to take a similar approach to the one before. File services came back in November, and a year later, after some drawn-out indecision on where to source static IP addresses from, I finally brought Internet services back from the temporary environment.		yuri spent most of 2021 out of service as I completed yet another international move, running a clone of my infrastructure on a friend's VMware stack. Eventually, though, I tracked down a rail kit for it and installed it in a short rack in a back room in my new house, trying to take a similar approach to the one before. File services came back in November, and a year later, after some drawn-out indecision on where to source static IP addresses from, I finally brought Internet services back from the temporary environment.

Maia: Better phrasing

2023-01-27T12:07:29Z

Better phrasing

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	In 2019, I began to notice inexpensive SPARC Enterprise M3000s appearing on online auctions, but these were still not quite modern enough; Solaris 11.4, released the previous year, had dropped support for them. I eventually noticed the occasional SPARC T4-1, though, which happened to be the new minimum spec for modern Solaris. Two appeared on Yahoo! Auctions in July with no RAM or disks for ¥20,000 each, so I decided to buy one. Fortunately, Sun 2.5" drive sleds were easy to source, and DDR3 RDIMMs were relatively cheap, so adding the missing pieces was no trouble.		In 2019, I began to notice inexpensive SPARC Enterprise M3000s appearing on online auctions, but these were still not quite modern enough; Solaris 11.4, released the previous year, had dropped support for them. I eventually noticed the occasional SPARC T4-1, though, which happened to be the new minimum spec for modern Solaris. Two appeared on Yahoo! Auctions in July with no RAM or disks for ¥20,000 each, so I decided to buy one. Fortunately, Sun 2.5" drive sleds were easy to source, and DDR3 RDIMMs were relatively cheap, so adding the missing pieces was no trouble.

	After [[arc]], I ~~had sworn~~ off rackmount equipment because I was tired of the noise, but my new apartment had a small third bedroom with its own climate control, so I took advantage ~~of this~~ to run a SPARC server without suffering for it in the rest of the house. I shortened an IKEA HEJNE shelf to create a makeshift cabinet and slid it under a desk in the corner. Maintenance access was a pain, but the machine was out of the way and mostly unheard.		After [[arc]], I swore off rackmount equipment because I was tired of the noise, but my new apartment at the time had a small third bedroom with its own climate control, which I took advantage to run a SPARC server without suffering for it in the rest of the house. I shortened an IKEA HEJNE shelf to create a makeshift cabinet and slid it under a desk in the corner. Maintenance access was a pain, but the machine was out of the way and mostly unheard.

	yuri spent most of 2021 out of service as I completed yet another international move, running a clone of my infrastructure on a friend's VMware stack. Eventually, though, I tracked down a rail kit for it and installed it in a short rack in a back room in my new house, trying to take a similar approach to the one before. File services came back in November, and a year later, after some drawn-out indecision on where to source static IP addresses from, I finally brought Internet services back from the temporary environment.		yuri spent most of 2021 out of service as I completed yet another international move, running a clone of my infrastructure on a friend's VMware stack. Eventually, though, I tracked down a rail kit for it and installed it in a short rack in a back room in my new house, trying to take a similar approach to the one before. File services came back in November, and a year later, after some drawn-out indecision on where to source static IP addresses from, I finally brought Internet services back from the temporary environment.

Maia: Tidied phrasing

2023-01-27T12:04:33Z

Tidied phrasing

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	In 2019, I began to notice inexpensive SPARC Enterprise M3000s appearing on online auctions, but these were still not quite modern enough; Solaris 11.4, released the previous year, had dropped support for them. I eventually noticed the occasional SPARC T4-1, though, which happened to be the new minimum spec for modern Solaris. Two appeared on Yahoo! Auctions in July with no RAM or disks for ¥20,000 each, so I decided to buy one. Fortunately, Sun 2.5" drive sleds were easy to source, and DDR3 RDIMMs were relatively cheap, so adding the missing pieces was no trouble.		In 2019, I began to notice inexpensive SPARC Enterprise M3000s appearing on online auctions, but these were still not quite modern enough; Solaris 11.4, released the previous year, had dropped support for them. I eventually noticed the occasional SPARC T4-1, though, which happened to be the new minimum spec for modern Solaris. Two appeared on Yahoo! Auctions in July with no RAM or disks for ¥20,000 each, so I decided to buy one. Fortunately, Sun 2.5" drive sleds were easy to source, and DDR3 RDIMMs were relatively cheap, so adding the missing pieces was no trouble.

	After [[arc]], I had sworn off rackmount equipment because I was tired of the noise, but my new apartment had a small third bedroom with its own climate control, so I took advantage of this to run a SPARC server without suffering for it in the rest of the house. I shortened an IKEA HEJNE shelf to create a makeshift cabinet ~~for it~~ and slid it under a desk in the corner. Maintenance access was a pain, but the machine was out of the way and mostly unheard.		After [[arc]], I had sworn off rackmount equipment because I was tired of the noise, but my new apartment had a small third bedroom with its own climate control, so I took advantage of this to run a SPARC server without suffering for it in the rest of the house. I shortened an IKEA HEJNE shelf to create a makeshift cabinet and slid it under a desk in the corner. Maintenance access was a pain, but the machine was out of the way and mostly unheard.

	yuri spent most of 2021 out of service as I completed yet another international move, running a clone of my infrastructure on a friend's VMware stack. Eventually, though, I tracked down a rail kit for it and installed it in a short rack in a back room in my new house, trying to take a similar approach to the one before. File services came back in November, and a year later, after some drawn-out indecision on where to source static IP addresses from, I finally brought Internet services back from the temporary environment.		yuri spent most of 2021 out of service as I completed yet another international move, running a clone of my infrastructure on a friend's VMware stack. Eventually, though, I tracked down a rail kit for it and installed it in a short rack in a back room in my new house, trying to take a similar approach to the one before. File services came back in November, and a year later, after some drawn-out indecision on where to source static IP addresses from, I finally brought Internet services back from the temporary environment.

Maia: for flow

2023-01-27T12:03:15Z

for flow

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	==History==		==History==

	My previous Solaris server was a ThinkServer TS130, which was surprisingly capable at running a pile of zones, but its lack of cores, memory, and disk bays were always an issue. I was interested in going SPARC for mostly aesthetic, but some practical reasons (OpenBoot and integration with Sun ILOM's console are very nice), but the modern hardware tends to be unwieldy, and anything newer than an UltraSPARC III commanded an exorbitant price in a small used market obviously geared towards enterprise.		My previous Solaris server was a ThinkServer TS130, which was surprisingly capable at running a pile of zones, but its lack of cores, memory, and disk bays were always an issue. I was interested in going SPARC for mostly aesthetic, but some practical reasons (OpenBoot and integration with Sun ILOM's console are very nice), but the modern hardware tends to be unwieldy, and anything newer than an UltraSPARC III commanded an exorbitant price in a small used market obviously still geared towards enterprise.

	In 2019, I began to notice inexpensive SPARC Enterprise M3000s appearing on online auctions, but these were still not quite modern enough; Solaris 11.4, released the previous year, had dropped support for them. I eventually noticed the occasional SPARC T4-1, though, which happened to be the new minimum spec for modern Solaris. Two appeared on Yahoo! Auctions in July with no RAM or disks for ¥20,000 each, so I decided to buy one. Fortunately, Sun 2.5" drive sleds were easy to source, and DDR3 RDIMMs were relatively cheap, so adding the missing pieces was no trouble.		In 2019, I began to notice inexpensive SPARC Enterprise M3000s appearing on online auctions, but these were still not quite modern enough; Solaris 11.4, released the previous year, had dropped support for them. I eventually noticed the occasional SPARC T4-1, though, which happened to be the new minimum spec for modern Solaris. Two appeared on Yahoo! Auctions in July with no RAM or disks for ¥20,000 each, so I decided to buy one. Fortunately, Sun 2.5" drive sleds were easy to source, and DDR3 RDIMMs were relatively cheap, so adding the missing pieces was no trouble.

Maia: Added History and Performance

2023-01-27T12:02:14Z

Added History and Performance

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	The machine arrived in July, at the beginning of summer proper in Japan (around [https://www.data.jma.go.jp/cpd/baiu/kako_baiu08.html 梅雨明け]). "Yuri" (百合) in Japanese means lily, which is associated with summer. It is also an allusion to the rackmount server form factor that is long and slim, like a lily flower.		The machine arrived in July, at the beginning of summer proper in Japan (around [https://www.data.jma.go.jp/cpd/baiu/kako_baiu08.html 梅雨明け]). "Yuri" (百合) in Japanese means lily, which is associated with summer. It is also an allusion to the rackmount server form factor that is long and slim, like a lily flower.

			==History==

			My previous Solaris server was a ThinkServer TS130, which was surprisingly capable at running a pile of zones, but its lack of cores, memory, and disk bays were always an issue. I was interested in going SPARC for mostly aesthetic, but some practical reasons (OpenBoot and integration with Sun ILOM's console are very nice), but the modern hardware tends to be unwieldy, and anything newer than an UltraSPARC III commanded an exorbitant price in a small used market obviously geared towards enterprise.

			In 2019, I began to notice inexpensive SPARC Enterprise M3000s appearing on online auctions, but these were still not quite modern enough; Solaris 11.4, released the previous year, had dropped support for them. I eventually noticed the occasional SPARC T4-1, though, which happened to be the new minimum spec for modern Solaris. Two appeared on Yahoo! Auctions in July with no RAM or disks for ¥20,000 each, so I decided to buy one. Fortunately, Sun 2.5" drive sleds were easy to source, and DDR3 RDIMMs were relatively cheap, so adding the missing pieces was no trouble.

			After [[arc]], I had sworn off rackmount equipment because I was tired of the noise, but my new apartment had a small third bedroom with its own climate control, so I took advantage of this to run a SPARC server without suffering for it in the rest of the house. I shortened an IKEA HEJNE shelf to create a makeshift cabinet for it and slid it under a desk in the corner. Maintenance access was a pain, but the machine was out of the way and mostly unheard.

			yuri spent most of 2021 out of service as I completed yet another international move, running a clone of my infrastructure on a friend's VMware stack. Eventually, though, I tracked down a rail kit for it and installed it in a short rack in a back room in my new house, trying to take a similar approach to the one before. File services came back in November, and a year later, after some drawn-out indecision on where to source static IP addresses from, I finally brought Internet services back from the temporary environment.

			==Performance==

			The things you may have heard about Niagara CPUs are true, and yuri is objectively very slow. With 64 CPU threads and a high RAM ceiling, though, it is competent at juggling many low-intensity tasks like small web and mail servers, which is exactly what I use it for.

	==Slot Configuration==		==Slot Configuration==