On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Michael Will <mw...@penguincomputing.com> wrote: > By the way, if you have to work through a purchasing departement that only > looks at the cheapest price, but > you want to go with a specific vendor because of the superior solution and > technical expertise, then you can
Thanks! I guess I have not faced the problem that you describe (yet). My problem is still easier. It is convincing *myself* which is the right solution. Or more of " how to compare various vendor solutions?" It was easy for the compute nodes. But the storage and backbone are still not clear (to me). One of the reasons is that it is easy to buy several compute nodes piecewise and test the actual codes. But how does one simulate scaleup for estimating performance of switches and backbone. Of course, over the past weeks several useful suggestions have been offered but I am still not sure. Perhaps I am just not doing my homework! :) -- Rahul _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
