Vincent Diepeveen wrote: > Very cheaply you can build nodes now with like 4 cheapo cpu's > and 128 GB ram inside. >
Not exactly. 2 GB DIMMs are cheap, but as soon as you go to larger DIMMs (4 GB, 8 GB, etc.), the price goes up exponentially. Less than a year ago, we purchased a couple of server with 32 GB RAM. We then wanted to purchase one with 64 GB RAM. The cost of the system tripled! Instead, we bought 3 more 32 GB systems. Dell and others advertise systems that support up to 128 GB RAM, but I have yet to meet someone who can afford to put all 128 GB RAM in a single box. -- Prentice _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
