On 09/26/2013 06:25 AM, Gavin W. Burris wrote: > Hi, Ivan. > > I'm a nay-sayer in this kind of scenario. I believe your staff time, > and the time of your lab users, is too valuable to spend on > dual-classing desktop lab machines.
I'm with Gavin here - hardware has gotten too cheap for this to be viable in most cases. Furthermore, too many research/computational jobs benefit from environments distinct from ideal desktops (whether that's core count, RAM, interconnect, or operating system) that you'll probably only be satistfying a small subset of the job requests you receive. Skylar _______________________________________________ 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
