[Bioclusters] Itanium 2

[Steve Gaudet]

Hello David,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Thomas [mailto:davelists@imagesmiths.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 6:38 PM
> To: bioclusters@bioinformatics.org
> Subject: Re: [Bioclusters] Itanium 2
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> I'm learning that Itanium 2 boards are not yet in full=20
> production.  If you're placing an order be prepared for LONG=20
> delays, possibly up to several months.
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> Dave
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> On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 01:35:28PM -0400, Marcel Turcotte=20
> (turcotte@site.uottawa.ca) wrote:
> Subject: [Bioclusters] Itanium 2
> Message ID: <1032370528.14344.19.camel@globin.site.uottawa.ca>
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> > Hi all,
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> > I about to buy some equipment, which include a bunch of Sun Blade
> > 100/150 workstations (15).  I was wondering if some of you had any
> > experience with Itanium 2 based workstations.  I am=20
> concerned with the
> > usability of Linux64 as a workstation (availability of=20
> software) and the
> > integration with the rest of the equipment, which includes=20
> a Sun V880
> > as well as an HP rx5670.  The machines will be be integrated into a
> > single cluster, probably using GridEngine.
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> > Your feed back will be greatly appreciated,
> > Marcel
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> > marcel turcotte, assistant professor, school of information=20
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> > and engineering, university  of ottawa, 800 king edward, =20
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With respect to motherboards being available, I believe Intel is the =
only
one offering a 4 way, through white box builders.  However, your =
looking at
late October/November for release.

On the other hand, you have HP which has two offering shipping now,
zx2000-single proc 900mhz, and the zx6000 dual proc 900mhz.

http://www.hp.com/products1/itanium/index.html


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