These types of questions are the same as "how tall is a building?"
It all depends on what you want to do. Rather than have Robert rehash his lesson, you can find a write-up here: http://www.clustermonkey.net//content/view/190/32/ -- Doug > Hi All, > > Which one of the following two choices are better (assuming both > clusters have nearly same cost): > > 1) A 4-node cluster having 8 AMD Opteron of 2.6GHz each and 2GB RAM/node > > 1) A 5-node cluster having 10 AMD Opteron of 2.2GHz each and 2GB RAM/node > > Consider GiGE (max 1000mbps) as the interconnect. > Is there any significant performance difference between the two? > > Does the compasison depends on the MPI communication among nodes, for > a given application? > > Thanking all in anticipation. > Regards. > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > > !DSPAM:460f0d21272481923983023! > -- Doug _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
