AmigaOne based WebServers

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mips_proc wrote:
.this 'april' fix implimented in hardware apperantly is only done to the pegasos...

The difference is that the fix on the AmigaOne wasn't given a fancy name. Other than that, there isn't anything in this April chip that isn't in the AmigaOne fix...

I personally like May better than April - the wether tends to be better in May  :-D

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JoannaK wrote:

Well.. It's good to see that there are experienced Hw professionals on making that system too. But I allways thought you at Hyperion were only supposed to do game ports, not to be specialized on designing and testing hardware?  :-D

I didn't study game porting at university. Actually, my main focus was logic minimization and operating system design. I wouldn't want to continue porting games for the rest of my life, anyway - making your own games is much more interesting :-D

I also didn't study BIOS making at university.

I consider myself a man that is capable of picking up a book or browsing some web sites and actually learn from that.

I also consider myself capable of recognizing when people actually know what they are talking about, and I most definately get this impression when talking to the techs at MAI. And contrary to most people reading here, I've already seen some AmigaOne boards...

My actual point being, these boards are under continuous testing at MAI's, so saying they are untested is rather unfair.

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zacman wrote:
Hyperion already was wrong the last time they said
that there are no bugs in Articia. So why should
somebody trust them this time?

Actually, I claimed there would be no bug in the Articia's that get delivered. That there was a bug was known. But the consumers never got these chips.

The only difference is that MAI didn't give a fancy name to a bugfix.

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mips_proc wrote:
and the ALI Magic chipset is constantly bieng tested by ALI... does that make it stable?

I don't get it. First people say that it is untested and hence unsuited as a web server, then you say that testing doesn't mean that it is suited for a web server? Doesn't that sound like FUD to you? Nooooo, of course not... :-D

What is the point? You will find bugs in about any hardware. That doesn't mean that the AmigaOne hardware is unsuited for a web server, as was claimed here. It means that it is equally suited to be a web server as anything else.

Results? What results? The best thing I can tell is that one test was running two web browsers under X with flash anims and some stuff in the background for about a week, without crashes, data loss, or anything else. What other "results" do you want, other than that it didn't crash or destabilize in long-term tests?

I run my kernel builds on my machine, too. I don't do backups any more frequent then on another machine, because it never crashed on my once.

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mips_proc wrote:

and 'it never crashed on me once' isnt what I call a review ....

I wasn't trying to give one. You wouldn't believe me anyway.

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zacman wrote:

Did you already get samples of this new revision and
did test them?

Yes. I do have an AmigaOne XE with the latest Articia S revision here (no more fix on the board), with a rather nice selection of CPU modules (currently running the 7451@800Mhz, but I also have a 750FX and some other single and dual G4 modules).

It had been compiling stuff for hours on friday. Mostly the kernel, and one of our linux games, but over and over.

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zacman wrote:

Ok, so you have not tested the board/Articia chipset
but you're just using it daily. Thanks for clarification.

No, I just use it. Testing is done at MAI labs, they have the required equipment and expertise. I never did say anything else.

However, I am putting this equipment throught daily use. I have it running with UDMA 100, on an accelerated Radeon X server at 1152x865x24bits, with no problems whatsoever, and I consider this quite a good test.

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bbrv wrote:
Actually, Hans-Jörg customers did get these chips,

I only had one of those boards. This was replaced with one of the fixed SE boards, and now with an XE board with the new silicon on it. It is my impression that most boards that got delivered where already fixed.