Raptor's Blackbird micro-ATX POWER9 System Is Ready To Take Flight This Week

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Yes I mean the stock cooler which is part of the bundle and the only one available on their website.
I could not find any information so I hope to maybe get some news from the upcoming review.
Of course you are right that this is not 100% related but maybe in combinations with other metrics like thermal.

[starshipeleven]

Please test the noise levels (idle, max load) too.
Would like to know if I can put it under my desk to replace my homeserver.

That's a cooler thing.

[Buntolo]

Why dual gigabit Ethernet and only 2x DIMM slots?

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Please test the noise levels (idle, max load) too.
Would like to know if I can put it under my desk to replace my homeserver.

[angrypie]

I've read that Fedora may have dropped their work on Power9, but not sure.

ppc64 (big endian) is on maintenance mode (no new features, but will remain available). ppc64le is still fully supported.

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/C23EQYITA4DQWM7CQF6LJC5ABXY2XIEM/

[Min1123]

You can unofficially look at Fedora as an upstream or even testing/development ground for RHEL. Since RHEL has and will continue to have support for POWER8 and POWER9 (Little Endian support), Fedora will continue to have it as well.

[andyprough]

Where did you hear Fedora dropped Power9?

Reading through a forum, but I think that's wrong, I think Fedora supports it since Fedora 28. Michael had trouble with it on his last Raptor Talos II review, so did not include it.

[MPC7500]

Supported operating systems are listed @ https://wiki.raptorcs.com/wiki/Opera...atibility_List

Yes, will try different GPUs/drivers with time.

Could you also test:
AlpineLinux: https://alpinelinux.org
ArchLinux: https://archlinuxpower.org
CentOS: https://www.centos.org

[Michael]

Michael - last time you benchmarked the Talos II, you were able to run Debian 9.7, Debian Buster, Ubuntu 18.10, and Ubuntu 19.04 on all the tests, and openSUSE Tumbleweed on some of the tests. I've read that Fedora may have dropped their work on Power9, but not sure. Other than Gentoo, are there any distros different from your past efforts that you think might run on the Blackbird?

Obviously, this is an extremely exciting step forward for Power9, especially with the built-in HDMI and the PCIe. I'm assuming you'll be trying out a variety of video cards at some point?

Supported operating systems are listed @ https://wiki.raptorcs.com/wiki/Opera...atibility_List

Yes, will try different GPUs/drivers with time.

[Dawn]

Michael - last time you benchmarked the Talos II, you were able to run Debian 9.7, Debian Buster, Ubuntu 18.10, and Ubuntu 19.04 on all the tests, and openSUSE Tumbleweed on some of the tests. I've read that Fedora may have dropped their work on Power9, but not sure. Other than Gentoo, are there any distros different from your past efforts that you think might run on the Blackbird?

Obviously, this is an extremely exciting step forward for Power9, especially with the built-in HDMI and the PCIe. I'm assuming you'll be trying out a variety of video cards at some point?

Where did you hear Fedora dropped Power9?