2 Xeon Gold vs i9 for Qubes-OS?

[olegd...@gmail.com]

What will be better for Qubes-OS - i9 or Xeon Gold? Does it support two cpu based system? Thanks.

[Tai...@gmx.com]

On 05/11/2018 04:30 AM, olegd...@gmail.com wrote:

> What will be better for Qubes-OS - i9 or Xeon Gold? Does it support two cpu based system? Thanks.
>

I wouldn't waste your money on new spyware filled intel junk.

I suggest instead purchasing a KGPE-D16 or KCMA-D8 board
With the D16 you have max 32 cores 192GB RAM, D8 max 16 cores 128GB RAM.
(note the D16 comes with the module you need for OpenBMC the D8 doesn't)
On both there is no ME/PSP, they are owner controlled and support
libreboot plus OpenBMC and there are a variety of ports including two
usb controllers (second via board header) and multiple PCI-e slots in
case for instance you want to play video games in a VM like me.
AMD g34/c32 platforms are the last and best owner controlled x86_64
devices, the future of high performance owner controlled computing is
POWER but unfortunately qubes needs xen and xen doesn't support POWER
(although if you have non-qubes virtualization needs the TALOS 2 is a
and very fast freedom choice)
Qubes can use as many CPU's as you have - but I imagine 16 cores will be
more than enough so I would start with only one CPU and 32GB RAM.

In the end you will save a lot of money and have much better security by
doing this vs buying an overpriced xeon, you will also have enough cash
left over to buy the G505S running the FT3 platform which is the last
and best x86_64 laptop platform without ME/PSP, it is owner controlled,
has open cpu/ram init and people are working on an open source EC
replacement.