Hello, I have got the same opinions with you. Dell's systems maybe cheap, but lacking of robustness or reliabilities. I did experience a few hardware failure with Dell's servers and they failed to give me any helpful supports except re-installing the OS. Regards, Li, Bo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Prentice Bisbal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Beowulf Mailing List" <beowulf@beowulf.org> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 2:58 AM Subject: Re: [Beowulf] Re: GPU boards and cluster servers.
> 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 _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
