So when do you think Linode is going to start rolling out boxes that have newer CPUs than the L5520s? (If they haven't already)
I've been thinking for a while that it would be a good time with the release of the Sandy Bridge E5 Intels. That would be awesome to see.

There is one report of someone on an L5630.

I'm looking forward to Ivy Bridge purely for RdRand. Not that I have entropy problems -- if only due to things using /dev/urandom -- but it'll probably help some people, and it's fun* either way.

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I run it, there's a regular CentOS package. Brings entropy_avail from average 120 up to 3400+ on a 1G node.