[ale] Linux may rule the Super Computer list....

[Dow Hurst]

A good way to get guaranteed good SGI hardware at lower prices is to buy 
from www.xsnet.com located in Alpharetta.  Additionally, www.mce.com has 
good prices but shipping is much higher since they are in California.  
We use both these guys for hardware support since we depend on the 
systems we have to run.  I finally have a 16p Origin 2400.  We are 
getting decent performance on the codes we are running(NAMD and CHARMM), 
however, I can't wait to build out the Linux cluster.  I've talked with 
Jeffrey Layton for advice and have looked at Rackable's systems.  They 
provide racks with built in DC to power each node so eliminating the A/C 
power supplies.  With a diskless configuration we can increase the life 
of the cluster by a order of magnitude.  It is a bit more expensive to 
get the initial racks, and rectifiers, but I think longevity of the 
hardware is important to me.
Dow


James P. Kinney III wrote:

>It would help if the repoter could get the numbers right. Each altix
>houses 512 Itanium2 processors, not the 10,240, the total system count.
>
>SGI is making some hardware to drool over.
>
>I've been slobering over a 12p Origin 2000 rack on eBay. My wiser,
>better half has vhemently vetoed it.
>
>On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 15:38, Jim Lynch wrote:
>  
>
>>If we make the cut, we might be the first Linux powered Super Computer 
>>to be at the top of the Linpack list.
>>
>>http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3427321
>>
>>Incidently, the latest number is 51+ Terraflops.  The smaller number 
>>mentioned in the article was with only a part of the systems running.
>>
>>
>>Claimer.  I have an interest in this company.  8)
>>Jim.
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