<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">vendors have at least list prices available on their websites.<div class="Ih2E3d">
</div></blockquote><div><br>I saw only one vendor <a href="http://siliconmechanics.com">siliconmechanics.com</a> that has online integrator. Others require direct contact of a saleperson.<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
"thermal management"? servers need cold air in front and unobstructed<br>
exhaust. that means open or mesh front/back (and blanking panels).<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
</div></blockquote><div><br>Yes, are there other options? Built-in airconditioning unit that will exhaust the hot air through a pipe to dump the air outside computer room other than heating it?<br><br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
wouldn't a 5100-based board allow you to avoid the premium of fbdimms?<div class="Ih2E3d"></div></blockquote><div><br>May be I am wrong but I saw only FB-DIMMs options and assumed that we need to wait for Nehalems for DDR3?<br>
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- WD Caviar 750 Gb SATA HD :<br>
$110<br>
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I usually figure a node should have zero or as many disks as feasible.<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
</div></blockquote><div><br><br>We prefer to avoid intensive IO over network, therefore, use local scratch.<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
HP is safe and solid and not cheap. for a small cluster like this, I don't think vendor integration is terribly important.<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br>Yes, it is important. Optimized cost is what matters.<br><br></div></div><br></div>