Hi, thank you all who answered my question. This list is always cool since people on it always know what they are talking about. Cheers, Ognen On Tue, 6 Jul 2004, Kevin Carr wrote: > Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 16:23:43 -0400 > From: Kevin Carr <carrk@msu.edu> > Reply-To: bioclusters@bioinformatics.org > To: bioclusters@bioinformatics.org > Subject: Re: [Bioclusters] opteron vs xeon quad cpu boxes > >> From: "Joe Landman" <landman@scalableinformatics.com> >> Reply-To: bioclusters@bioinformatics.org >> Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 15:30:51 -0400 >> To: bioclusters@bioinformatics.org, biodevelopers >> <biodevelopers@bioinformatics.org> >> Cc: Ognen Duzlevski <maketo@sdf.lonestar.org> >> Subject: Re: [Bioclusters] opteron vs xeon quad cpu boxes >> >> On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 15:35:15 +0000 (UTC), Ognen Duzlevski wrote >>> Hi, >>> >>> we are looking at a quad-cpu server for our bioinformatics apps like >>> multithreaded clustalw, blast and some in-house multithreaded >>> application I developed over time. >>> >>> I noticed that I can get a basic 8GB RAM 4xOpteron 848 with a RAID >>> controller and a couple of hdds for close to $17,000. At the same time >>> it looks like I can get a 4xXeon MP 2.7Ghz with the same ram/hdd >>> configuration for close to the same price. >> >> Really (quad opteron price)? Parts alone for those units in that config will >> be >> pretty close to $16000. We have built a few custom units for various >> customers. The problem is memory pricing. Keeps fluctating. Check the >> actual >> config pricing with the vendor and get a quote. > > Joe, > > That price seems right to me. We just purchased a Quad Opteron (although it > was with 846, not 848 cpus). It is a Newisys 4300; we purchased through > Colfax International. > > 4 X Opteron 846 (2.0 GHz) > 16 GB (8 X 2GB) PC2700 DDR ECC > 4 X 73.5 GB 10K SCSI w/ Ultra320 SCSI RAID (space for 2 more hot swap > drives) > N+1 Power > 3U Enclosure > 3 Yr. NBD Parts/Depot Return Labor > No OS installed > > $16,750 + S&H > > We had this exact same system (Newisys 4300) bid by 3 different vendors. > Vendor #2 was only slightly higher while vendor #3 was $4,000 more. > > Kevin M. Carr > > ************************** > Systems Administrator > Genomics Technology > Support Facility > 202-D Biochemistry Bldg. > Michigan State University > East Lansing, MI 48824 > > Ph: (517) 353-6794 > Fax:(517) 353-8638 > ************************** > > > _______________________________________________ > Bioclusters maillist - Bioclusters@bioinformatics.org > https://bioinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/bioclusters > -- Ognen Duzlevski Digital Biology Laboratory 302 North Engineering Building University of Missouri-Columbia (573) 882-5978