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Monday, December 02
4K@1K
Dell have announced three 4K a.k.a Ultra HD monitors - that is, 3840x2160 - the UP2414Q at 24", the P2815Q at 28", and the UP3214Q at 32". Pricing is $3499 for the 32", shipping now, $1399 for the 24", due before Christmas, and "less than $1000" for the 28", which will ship early next year.
Dell have announced three 4K a.k.a Ultra HD monitors - that is, 3840x2160 - the UP2414Q at 24", the P2815Q at 28", and the UP3214Q at 32". Pricing is $3499 for the 32", shipping now, $1399 for the 24", due before Christmas, and "less than $1000" for the 28", which will ship early next year.
The 24" and 32" models are professional-quality colour-calibrated displays, while the 28" appears to be a semi-pro model, though still probably an IPS or similarly high-quality panel.
I was going to replace my Dell 2711 this year but never got around to it, which has turned out to be fortuitous. And the upgrade would have been minor; my Nexus 10 has more pixels on its 10" screen than any affordable desktop monitor - until now. I will pounce on the P2815Q the moment it lands.
Legit Reviews have the press release, but it doesn't show on Dell's site yet. The 32" monitor is listed, but the 24" model has fled to Belize.
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Sunday, December 01
Min-Maxing With SuperMicro And Intel's Xeon E5-2600 v2
Supermicro's 1027R-WC1RT is a very nice small server. It supports two socket 2011 Xeon CPUs, up to 1TB of memory (in theory, anyway; practically, it's more like 256GB), has an LSI 3108 RAID controller with 2GB of cache (8 ports SAS-3, RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60), 10 2.5" drive bays, dual 10GBase-T ports, and redundant power supplies.
Supermicro's 1027R-WC1RT is a very nice small server. It supports two socket 2011 Xeon CPUs, up to 1TB of memory (in theory, anyway; practically, it's more like 256GB), has an LSI 3108 RAID controller with 2GB of cache (8 ports SAS-3, RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60), 10 2.5" drive bays, dual 10GBase-T ports, and redundant power supplies.
With all that great stuff in the server, you just need to decide which CPUs to use, and the answer to that is blrrrgh.
Unless you're running Oracle or SAP or something like that. Or you just took in $150 million of round C VC funding. In that case, CPU prices aren't worth worrying about, and you should just go for the E5-2697 v2 (the fastest and most expensive model).
If that's not the case, then it's a balancing act. How much CPU does your application need, and how much are you spending on the rest of the server.
Here are three handy charts showing the various available CPUs, ordered by GHz/$1k for the overall server cost, assuming a base server cost (with storage and memory, but no CPU) of $3k, $5k, and $7k.
TL;DR: If you expect to need a goodly amount of CPU, get the E5-2680 v2. It's the top ranking or tied for first at all three price points. If you know that CPU isn't critical (you're I/O, memory, or network-bound), the E5-2630 v2 is the one. The next few CPUs above the E5-2630 v2 cost a lot more for very little gain; there's a huge jump in price before you get to significantly better performance.
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