itanium2

[Douglas Johnson]

Hi Dan,

Sorry, mistyped. We purchased the zx6000 (dual cpu) with the rack mount
kit. I can't tell what the difference is between the rx2600 and the zx6000
when one purchases the rack kit...

Doug

On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Daniel Kidger wrote:

> 
> Pacific Northwestern National Lab has an Itanium II cluster.
> 
> There were only around 80 processors (as 2U 1GHz dual-cpu HP rx2600's) when
> I visited earlier in the year, but the final size will be around 1400 CPUs.
> 
> e.g.
> http://www.pnl.gov/news/2002/computer.htm
> http://www.eurekalert.org/features/doe/2002-04/dnnl-wmp061302.php
> 
> I also know of 5 other sites that have smaller Itanium II clusters.
> 
> 
> (for information Doug's HP zx2000 nodes are AFAIK single CPU desktop boxes
> that rack as 4U units - so probably offer better price performance as long
> as you have the space)
> 
> Yours,
> Daniel.
> 
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