Hot swap CPU

[bruno.s.delbono at mail.ac (Bruno Delbono)]

Bryan J. Smith <b.j.smith@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
>>Btw, don't quote me on this one :)
>>I'm only 90% sure of the hotswapping capabilities, and less than 50%
>>sure about the price :)
> 
> 
> There _are_ systems with hot-swap CPUs, memory and/or, PCI[-X] slots.
> They are _not_ commodity and pricey, and require OS-level support.

Sun EXX00 + series running UltraSparc II and above have pretty much hot 
swapable everything: cpu, memory, disks etc.

And they are cheap on ebay these days (8-24 way 400 Mhz US-II (64-bit), 
with anywhere from 2-14 GB memory and FC-AL IO etc. EX500).