[Bioclusters] recommendations on cheap hardware?

[Rayson Ho]

But... do you need to pay for your power bill??

Rayson


--- Fernan Aguero <fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar> wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Due to a very tight budget, we're considering buying what we
> call 'old technology' nodes ... ie mobos and CPUs that are
> based on technology that is being replaced but that can
> still be found for purchase. The obvious idea is that we can
> add more nodes (slower but cheaper), instead of less (but
> faster) nodes.
> 
> We're evaluating building AMD socket A
> or Pentium socket 478 machines. 
> 
> Do you have any recommendation on particular motherboards?
> Any particular chipset that should be avoided (badly
> supported) in Linux?
> 
> I've heard good things about MSI and Tyan mobos, but haven't
> had any personal experience with them.  I've been bitten in
> the past by a bad mobo design and would not like to be
> bitten again.
> 
> We will be buying standard ATX mothers and building the
> nodes ourselves.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help,
> 
> Fernan
> 
> -- 
> Fernan Aguero -  fernan at iib.unsam.edu.ar
> Phone: +54 11 4580-7255/7 ext 310, Fax: +54 11 4752-9639
> Check http://genoma.unsam.edu.ar/~fernan for more info.
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