<div dir="ltr">What sort of card doesn't support paravirtualisation?</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 4:35 PM, Shane Chrisp <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shane@2000cn.com.au" target="_blank">shane@2000cn.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>On 13/08/15 14:07, Mark Smith wrote:<br>
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Thanks to all who have replied. We have plenty of options to go
with now.<br>
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I wish that I could virtualise them, but unfortunately the
software is propriety and requires direct hardware access to a
card which does not work via virtualisation.<br>
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Shane Chrisp
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<p dir="ltr">You'd be better off virtualising them. You're going
to be starting to hit the steep part of the bathtub curve with
any XP compatible hardware you buy from note on. The bathtub
curve is widely used in reliability engineering. It describes a
particular form of the hazard function which comprises three
parts:</p>
<p dir="ltr">"Bathtub curve" on @Wikipedia: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathtub_curve?wprov=sfia1" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathtub_curve?wprov=sfia1</a></p>
<div style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi All,<br>
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Sorry for the interruption to the normal programming, but I
have a client with a proprietary application running on a whole
bunch of DL140 servers that are starting to fail or become
unreliable. The software is running on Win XP and has to stay
this way for at least another 12 months. So we are looking for
some servers that are XP compatible and I thought I would try
the list first in case anyone has some old servers or spares
around that they would like to off load before I go digging
around on ebay. The only requirement is that they have a free
PCI-E port for a full height card.<br>
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I now return you to your regularly scheduled programming. :)<br>
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Regards<br>
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Shane Chrisp<br>
2000 Computers & Networks Pty Ltd<br>
Suite 6, 49 Hay St, Subiaco, WA 6008<br>
Ph <a href="tel:08%206298%207391" value="+61862987391" target="_blank">08 6298 7391</a> Fx <a href="tel:08%206298%207393" value="+61862987393" target="_blank">08 6298 7393</a><br>
Mb <a href="tel:0412%20409%20856" value="+61412409856" target="_blank">0412 409 856</a><br>
Email <a href="mailto:shane@2000cn.com.au" target="_blank">shane@2000cn.com.au</a><br>
Web <a href="http://www.2000cn.com.au" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.2000cn.com.au</a><br>
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