<DIV>Hi,</DIV>
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<DIV>I am about to order a new cluster using a $100K grant for running our in-house MPI codes. I am trying to have at least 36-40 (or more, if possible) nodes. The individual node configuration is:</DIV>
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<DIV>dual Xeon 2.8 GHz</DIV>
<DIV>512K L2 cache, 1MB L3 cache, 533 FSB</DIV>
<DIV>2GB DDR RAM</DIV>
<DIV>gigabit NIC</DIV>
<DIV>80 GB IDE hard disk</DIV>
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<DIV>The network will be based on a gigabit switch. Most vendors I talked to use HP Procurve 2148 or 4148.</DIV>
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<DIV>Can anyone comment on the configuration (and the switch) above? Any other comments (e.g. recommeded vendor, etc) are also welcome. </DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks!!!</DIV>
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