[ale] New Hardware

[Jonathan Glass]

The Itanium2s are 1.4GHz, and are in an IBM x450 4-way machine, w/14GB of
RAM.  The Opterons are 1.4GHz (running a 32-bit OS right now), in IBM e325
2-way machines, each with 1GB of RAM.  Currently we have 4 of the e325s
working in a Rocks cluster.  We have a sales rep coming by tomorrow to
demo their software, which turns the cluster into a single virtual SMP
machine.

We're running Fidap, from Fluent.com, for CFD research.  Once we scale the
x450 to 4 processors, they outperform the Opterons...for obvious reasons. 
One of the downfalls of this particular CFD package is it is NOT
network/cluster aware...thus the need for that software demo tomorrow.

Dow, if you want to attend, they'll be presenting tomorrow at 1:00 in the
IBB seminar room.  Feel free to call, or check out web site for
directions.  At the very least, you could make some contacts w/IBM and
this other company (vagueness due to sudden memory loss).

Thanks

Jonathan Glass

> Jonathon,
> Would you be more specific?  Are these Itanium2 chips versus Opterons of
> what
> speeds?  What code are you running?  Are they single, dual or clustered?
> Thanks since we are in the running to purchase something along these
> lines,
> Dow
>
>
> Jonathan Glass (IBB) wrote:
>> I'm liking the performance I see out of my Opteron boxes.  They're
>> holding their own with my Itanium boxes, but they're much more
>> affordable.  :)  Of course, your budget may vary!
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>> On Mon, 2004-03-29 at 10:45, Robert L. Harris wrote:
>>
>>>  Next month (late april probably) I'm looking to get a new
>>>Desktop/Workstation for home.  I've been pointed at a P4 with HT, SATA
>>>drives by a co-worker.  Anyone else have any suggestions?  Right now I'm
>>>looking at a Dell due to cost but I wouldn't mind paying a bit more to
>>>support someone local.  Of course it'll be a Linux/Win dual-boot.
>>>
>>>
>>>:wq!
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