[ale] New Hardware

[Dow Hurst]

I had looked at aspen systems site and the specs they had posted.  The I2 
looked really good compared to the other CPUs in the FPU tests.  SGI went with 
the I2 for their Altix so I just wondered.  The Opterons sure are inexpensive 
compared to the I2.  By the way, Clusterworld mag is nice and your articles 
are informative.  I've subscribed and it looks like a very useful info source.
Dow


Jeff Layton wrote:
> Dow,
> 
>   For your applications at work, I would definitely stick with
> Opteron. The I2 is really a floating-point only box and
> not that great at it (the Opteron is pretty dam close to it).
> Beside the I2 is something like 3 times the cost of the Opteron.
>   If I remember correctly, the I2 boxes also suffer from
> memory bandwidth issues like the Xeon for SMP boxes.
> That is, they share the memory bandwidth. Of course, the
> Opteron CPUs on an SMP box get full access to the memory
> bandwidth.
>   Besides, even HP is now selling Opterons. I've also seen
> rumors that Dell is selling Opterons! Perhaps my ice skates
> for Hell will come in handy.
> 
> Jeff
> 
>> 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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>>>>
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