Re: New POWER9 machines for the Guix build farm?

[Leo Famulari]

On Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 11:57:19AM +0100, Jonathan Brielmaier wrote:
> I own now a RaptorCS Blackbird[0] with an 8 core CPU and 32GiB RAM for
> half a year. I use it as my daily desktop driver. It runs openSUSE
> Tumblweed[1].
> 
> Setup was quite easy if you only want to use it as server without an
> GPU. You only need a long enough (ca 15cm) 4mm hex key to screw the fan
> on to the CPU. I could borrow mine.
> 
> The rest of the installation and setup process wasn't that different
> from installing a x86 server. The nice thing is the openBMC chip, so
> remote management is quite nice :)
> 
> All in all the biggest pain point for me, was getting the machine
> through the customs. But I heard from people in the EU who had a pretty
> smooth experience with that.
> 
> I offer my help in the whole process (ordering, customs, setup,
> installation, maintenance).

It's good to hear this kind of positive experience about these new
machines!