perfSONAR User Q&A and Other Discussion

[Hyojoon Kim <>]

Hi all, 

Thanks for the responses! We will probably buy and test few X2 devices for 
now. 

Thanks, 
Joon 

> On Mar 1, 2016, at 5:37 PM, Koch, Brian 
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> 2Gb of RAM seems pretty slim. One of ours has 4GB and 3.7GB is used. I 
> would not skimp on RAM, unless you want to manually upgrade it yourself.
> 
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>  On Behalf Of Daniel Doyle
> Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2016 2:55 PM
> To: Hyojoon Kim 
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> Subject: Re: [perfsonar-user] Anyone with LIVA X2 experience?
> 
> I don't have any personal experience with the X2, but I did a little 
> presentation at ENCITE a few weeks ago where I believe someone had 
> mentioned that they were using that platform successfully, even with 
> CentOS. I wouldn't use this as anything more than an anecdotal reference 
> from my part, however.
> 
> -Dan
> 
>> On Mar 1, 2016, at 10:42 AM, Hyojoon Kim 
>> <>
>>  wrote:
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>> Hi all,
>> 
>> Our experience with LIVA X as a perfSONAR measurement node was good, so we 
>> are looking into purchasing more. However, now we see there is a newer 
>> model, LIVA X2.
>> 
>> Does anyone have experience with this new model as a low-cost 
>> perfSONAR measurement node? (both 2GB Memory, 32 GB storage model). I 
>> just want to make sure I don’t run into unexpected traps and pitfalls 
>> before I make the purchase, and also make sure the performance will be 
>> comparable to the LIVA X (or even better..? especially BW tests)
>> 
>> Any comments will be most appreciated!
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Joon
>> 
>> 
>> P.S.: Some useful links to save people’s time on Googling:
>> 
>> * LIVA X Spec:
>> http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Product/Product_LIVA_SPEC.aspx?Detail
>> ID=1593&LanID=0
>> 
>> * LIVA X2 Spec:
>> http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Product/Product_LIVA_SPEC.aspx?Detail
>> ID=1626&LanID=0
>> 
>> * LIVA X CPU: Intel N2808 (checked directly on a box we have) 
>> http://ark.intel.com/products/82102/Intel-Celeron-Processor-N2808-1M-C
>> ache-up-to-2_25-GHz
>> 
>> * LIVA X2 CPU: Intel N3050 (I think..? based on spec sheet) 
>> http://ark.intel.com/products/87257/Intel-Celeron-Processor-N3050-2M-C
>> ache-up-to-2_16-GHz
>> 
> 
> Dan Doyle
> GlobalNOC Software Developer
> 1-812-856-3892
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