top500 list (was: opteron VS Itanium 2)

[Jeff Layton]

Mark Hahn wrote:

> > > > > I'd like very much to know the actual prices and discounts for 
> Big
> > > > > Mac.
> > > > > it's a shame this isn't required for Top500...
> > > >
> > > > The price is around 1100*3000*(discount for edu) + cost 
> interconnect
> > >
> > > 3000 would be an impressive discount, since the list is around $5900.
> > >
> >
> > 
> http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0161922 
>
>
> when I view that page, it lists $3k for the dual 2.0 with 512M,
> which is exactly what store.apple.com says.
>
> the VT config is with 8GB per box, which store.apple.com says will
> list at $7949!  wow, that has to be higher than last time I looked...
>
Wow! Apple is charging $5k to go to 8 Gigs! What a rip!
It's just plain-jane DDR memory that you can get anywhere.
It's not even ECC!

If you don't mind, I'm cc-ing this to the beowulf list.



So, Mark's numbers are correct. So my 'adjusted' estimate is,

Nodes: 1100 x $8k = $8.8 million
IB network: $1.65 million
Cisco Crap^h^h^h^hNetwork: $300k
Racks: $138k

Total: $10.889 million

Who's your Sugar Daddy VTech?



Thanks!

Jeff


-- 
Dr. Jeff Layton
Aerodynamics and CFD
Lockheed-Martin Aeronautical Company - Marietta


_______________________________________________
Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org
To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf