[lug] number cruncher

Orion Poplawski orion at cora.nwra.com
Mon Aug 23 15:39:40 MDT 2010


On 08/23/2010 02:58 PM, Steve A Hart wrote:
> Hey everyone,
>
> I was hoping for suggestions on a new system I'm trying to price out.
>
> Here's the basics of what I'm looking for:
>
> -Rack mounted 1U or 2U system
> -number cruncher.  Can handle multiple users running multiple processor
> and memory intensive codes.
> -Physical hard drive space is not an issue, it will need to only really
> hold the OS.
> -Will be running RHEL5
>
> I could always do Dell or Penguin Computing but they always seem
> overpriced to me and don't seem to fit what I'm looking for.
>
> Just fishing for some ideas.....
>
> Thanks
>
> Steve

I've purchased some stuff from neqx.com.  Support is not great, but prices are 
low if you know what you want.  I like the Twin^2 systems - 4 nodes in 2U.

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