On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 03:59:44PM -0500, Mark Hahn wrote: >> New. Shiny. http://www.supermicro.com/products/nfo/2UTwin2.cfm > > I'm a bit puzzled. cpu/mem density is the same as for their older > dual-node-1U line. I guess it's handy to have 3 normal disks per node.
Did you notice the recent discussions about 2U fans being better than 1U fans? This unit has 4 80mm fans. And it has only 2 (redundant) power supplies instead of the 4 you'd have with 2 1Us. >> offer the best of both worlds if blade servers and discreet rackable servers. > > I still don't really understand why blades are considered attractive... Most blade servers that I've looked at cost more than 1U servers. That's not very attractive. Then again, I buy 2Us mostly because I don't need extreme power density anyway. -- greg _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
