[Bioclusters] opteron vs xeon quad cpu boxes

[Ognen Duzlevski]

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
>
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