<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">Matt,<br><div dir="ltr"><br>Thanks for your advice. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="Ih2E3d"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I suggest that you need a minimum of 16GB/node (2GB/core) and possibly 32GB/node (4GB/node).<br>
</blockquote></div><div><br>8 Gb/node is enough for types of applications we are going to
run on this cluster. Additional memory stickscan be added later if necessary. <br></div><div class="Ih2E3d"><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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You will want to set up IPMI on all of the nodes. You want to avoid touching the harware or even going into the machine room whenever practical.<br>
</blockquote></div><div><br>Why is IPMI so important? Because this is small cluster, we can physically inspect the faulty modes, not a big deal.<br><br>I check the pricing, IPMI is extra $100/node or $4000/40 nodes=2 extra compute nodes. We are on tight budget, and every penny matters. That is why I sent this email to get advice concerning pricing.<br>
<br></div></div><br>Ivan<br></div>
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