[Bioclusters] Dual Athlons

chris dagdigian dag@sonsorol.org
Sat, 25 Aug 2001 11:53:23 -0400


VA Linux got out of the hardware business before I could get my hands on 
their product so I have no personal experience.

The one warning that I did get from the VA engineers was that these Athalon 
systems suck power and kick out lots of heat. I think they mentioned that 
their 1U dual-Athalon system required something like a 550-watt powersupply.

My word of caution would be to double check your environmental calculations 
(power needed  + tons of air conditioning needed etc. etc.) at the same 
time you consider any performance gains from the hardware.

I'd be interested in benchmarks and user impressions of course!

-Chris



At 08:58 PM 8/24/01 -0400, you wrote:
>Does anyone of you have (or know someone who has) experience with
>dual-Athlon clusters?