Indeed; we're eyeing up those new sun boxes. :-) Why build a cluster if you don't need to? --------------------------------------------------------- Kent C. Brodie - brodie at phys.mcw.edu Department of Physiology Medical College of Wisconsin (414) 456-8590 -----Original Message----- From: bioclusters-bounces+brodie=mcw.edu at bioinformatics.org [mailto:bioclusters-bounces+brodie=mcw.edu at bioinformatics.org] On Behalf Of Lee Watkins Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 11:50 AM To: bioclusters at bioinformatics.org Subject: [Bioclusters] Re: Recommendations for building a cluster (AhmedMoustafa) Ahmed, Sun also has a 2U 4-socket quad-core Xeon-based system, the X4450,..........................