<br><br>>Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 19:25:18 +0100<br>
>From: Tiago Marques <<a href="mailto:a28427@ua.pt" target="_blank">a28427@ua.pt</a>><br>>
Subject: Re: Re[2]: [Beowulf] recommendations for cluster upgrades<br>>
To: Jan Heichler <<a href="mailto:jan.heichler@gmx.net" target="_blank">jan.heichler@gmx.net</a>><br>>
Cc: Beowulf Mailing List <<a href="mailto:beowulf@beowulf.org" target="_blank">beowulf@beowulf.org</a>><br>>
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On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Jan Heichler <<a href="mailto:jan.heichler@gmx.net" target="_blank">jan.heichler@gmx.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Hallo Tiago,<br>
>><br>>> Which brings to a point that I forgot to mention to you. When<br>
>> considering Intel machines, you can always get a compiler license for $2000,<br>
>> give or take,<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> 2000 USD sounds rather expensive. Node locked licenses are usually<br>
>> cheaper... Look for the package with Compilers, MKL and MPI - the Cluster<br>>> Toolkit. Is definitely worth it (when buying more than just a single<br>
>> machine).<br>
>><br><br>>It wasn't, Intel only required me that we purchase one license that can be<br>
>used to compile software for all nodes. Given the price of the 8 nodes, it<br>
>was a small percentage of the total. Still, it seems to be cheaper, I've<br>>
checked the Cluster Toolkit Compiler Edition for Linux costs $1699.<br>>
I mostly only use ICC, Ifort and sometimes MKL. Even MKL isn't faster than<br>>
GotoBLAS, although not by much, and I only use it when I need LAPACK<br>>
routines.<br>>
Best regards,<br>>
Tiago Marques<br>
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>> Jan<br>
>><br><br>
Hello List,<br><br>There are quite a few versions of the Intel Cluster Compiler kits out these days and there are discounts available for education. The large Intel Cluster Compiler Toolkit offers C++, Fortran, MKL and MPI. If you do not need the Intel MPI then save yourself some money and go for the Intel Compiler Suite Professional Edition which includes C++, Fortran and MKL. The Intel part number is CSP999LSGE1; or for those in the academia, use this part number to save about 65%: CSP999LSAE1. Apparently they are fond of their MPI product because the Pro Edition is much less expensive. This part is hard to find from the compilers website so here is a link: <a href="http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-compiler-suite-professional-edition-for-windows-and-linux/">http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-compiler-suite-professional-edition-for-windows-and-linux/</a><br>
</div><br>Thanks,<br><br clear="all">John Krump<br>Twitter: @HPC_John<br><a href="http://www.advancedclustering.com" target="_blank">http://www.advancedclustering.com</a><br>
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