Tom Elken wrote: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Pierce > > > ... It is a cost effective solution, and Dell clusters keep > popping up at US Universities as well. > > Tom > > The same is true at UK Universities. > > -Tom
I think these trends have more to do with the cheap cost of Dell Hardware and Dell's sales force and marketing to upper management than they do with any technical advantages Dell has over the competition. I have no problem with Dell Hardware. There's nothing wrong with it, and Beowulf clusters are *supposed* to be based on affordable commodity hardware. I didn't see much basis for the earlier post disparaging Dell hardware. However, If you're buying a "turn-key" cluster solution based on advertised "clustering services", I'd be cautious with *any* of the big vendors, where you're known mostly as a customer ID in their CRM database, and you're dealing with salespeople and not technical people. Especially if they offer any kind of "customization" -- more than likely, any customization will be at additional costs, and you'll still have to do some reconfiguration to get it set up the way yo want (and is therefore no longer a turn-key system). I've got a few stories, but the guilty shall remain nameless. Getting back to hardware, I've always been impressed with the robustness of HP Proliant hardware -- Prentice _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
