>>>>> "Prentice" == Prentice Bisbal <prentice.bis...@rutgers.edu> writes:
Hi Prentice, Raphael,
Prentice> Raphael, Not many vendors make servers that support that
Prentice> many GPUs is a single chassis. I know for a fact Dell
Prentice> doesn't. I think the HP Proliant servers are your best
Prentice> option.
definitely check out Supermicros offerings as well
(http://www.supermicro.nl/products/nfo/gpu.cfm). They make really great HPC
hardware and have tons of options that should suit your
requirements. It's our preferred hardware for Qlustar clusters. You can
buy them from many resellers.
Disclaimer: We have no affiliation with Supermicro whatsoever. Just
happy users ...
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Prentice> Processor shouldn't be to important in terms of
Prentice> compatibility with the GPU. If all the work is going to be
Prentice> done on the GPUs, you could probably save some money
Prentice> here. If there's going to be a mix of GPU/CPU work, I'd
Prentice> shoot for whatever processor is currently at the pricing
Prentice> 'sweet spot'. Talk to your vendor to find out which
Prentice> processor(s) are currently in the sweet spot for pricing.
Prentice> For RAM, I recommend you have at a minimum least as much
Prentice> main RAM as you have RAM in all of your GPUs
Prentice> combined. Since the GTX 780 has 3 GB of RAM, you would
Prentice> need a minimum of 15 GB of RAM on the server that will
Prentice> have the 5 GTX 780s GPUs. That's not really a lot of RAM
Prentice> these days. I think it would be better to have at least
Prentice> double the amount of GPU RAM for main ram, so I'd
Prentice> recommend at least 32 GB of RAM in the server with 5 GPUs,
Prentice> which is still not a lot of RAM by today's standards.
Prentice> With today's multicore processors and 2-4 GB RAM per core
Prentice> as a rule of thumb, you are probably already exceeding
Prentice> those RAM recommendations.
Prentice> An important thing to look into is how many PCI buses are
Prentice> in your server. For the server with 5 GPUs, you'll want
Prentice> more than one and you'll want to distribute your GPUs as
Prentice> evenly as you can across the busses to reduce contention
Prentice> on the PCI bus.
Prentice> The most important issue is to make sure the server has
Prentice> adequate power and cooling capacity. GPUs use a lot of
Prentice> power and give off a lot of heat. Without adequate power
Prentice> and cooling within the server chassis, you might see some
Prentice> flakey behavior as voltage dips or temperature increases
Prentice> too much.
Prentice> Prentice
Prentice> On 06/03/2014 09:51 PM, Raphael Verdugo P. wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I need install 5 GPUs(Geforce GTX 780s) in a server and 1 Tesla
>> Keppler K40 in other.
>>
>> ¿ Do they have any recommendation for server HP or Dell?
>> processor? , RAM?
>>
>> I review a HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8 Server (1) . Do they any
>> observation?
>>
>> We will use it with Nvidia CUDA for HPC...
>>
>> We have the GPUs, I need a server for install it.
>>
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