[Mitgcm-support] RE: MIT model/hardware question

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 Anybody who won't go bankrupt before their
warranty expires is good!

 We have machines from Dell, Compaq, IBM.
All are good and reliable. 

 I think the IBM 1600 is a Power4 processor machine - as opposed
to a Pentium 4 processor machine. Confusing!
That means it will probably cost more up front and
in terms of ongoing license costs. You could try 
asking though, the Power 4 machines get good performance.  

 I think the 1300 series are Pentium III machines.
That means they are a lot slower than Pentium 4
machines for GCM like application performance.

 Got to go to sunny LA for the rest of the week.
Feel free to bug Alistair.
 
Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: fstraneo at whoi.edu [mailto:fstraneo at whoi.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 12:22 PM
To: Chris Hill
Subject: Re: MIT model/hardware question


Ciao Chris,

cluster-wise do you normally go with IBM clusters ?
like their 1300 or 1600 clusters ?
any other brand I should be looking at ?

cheers

fiamma
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