Re: [CentOS] OEM suggestions

2014-06-01 Thread Rainer Duffner
Am 30.05.2014 um 20:28 schrieb John R Pierce pie...@hogranch.com: On 5/30/2014 11:14 AM, Rainer Duffner wrote: Also, due to the fact that they don’t offer a SAS-Controller that does JBOD, you have to setup each drive individually as a RAID0 hmm? The HP H220, H221, H220 are SAS2 HBAs.

Re: [CentOS] OEM suggestions

2014-05-30 Thread mark
On 05/29/14 21:00, Evan Rowley wrote: On May 29, 2014 8:52 PM, Digimer li...@alteeve.ca wrote: On 29/05/14 11:26 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: I'm working on finding some new compute nodes. What I'm looking for is a 64 core box, with room enough for a lot of RAM. I can get it from Dell,

Re: [CentOS] OEM suggestions

2014-05-30 Thread mark
On 05/29/14 21:13, John R Pierce wrote: On 5/29/2014 6:00 PM, Evan Rowley wrote: I'd also recommend Fujitsu. If you're desperate there is the SGI H2106-G7 in 2U size. the SGI stuff I've seen has been rebranded Supermicro boxes/boards. As I think about it, the control node for the UV 2000

Re: [CentOS] OEM suggestions

2014-05-30 Thread Andrew Holway
As I think about it, the control node for the UV 2000 looks an *awful* lot like a Penguin SuperMicro gear is only as good as the server integration company selling it. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

Re: [CentOS] OEM suggestions

2014-05-30 Thread John R Pierce
On 5/30/2014 5:28 AM, Andrew Holway wrote: As I think about it, the control node for the UV 2000 looks an*awful* lot like a Penguin SuperMicro gear is only as good as the server integration company selling it. bingo.I think too many people buy 'whitebox' supermicro stuff direct

Re: [CentOS] OEM suggestions

2014-05-30 Thread John R Pierce
On 5/30/2014 5:19 AM, mark wrote: I'll check that out. We*do* have an SGI... a UV 2000. try this... # dmidecode -t 1,2 ... Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes System Information Manufacturer: SGI.COM Product Name: ISS3500 Version: ISServer Serial Number:

Re: [CentOS] OEM suggestions

2014-05-30 Thread Rainer Duffner
Am 30.05.2014 um 19:34 schrieb John R Pierce pie...@hogranch.com: On 5/30/2014 5:28 AM, Andrew Holway wrote: As I think about it, the control node for the UV 2000 looks an*awful* lot like a Penguin SuperMicro gear is only as good as the server integration company selling it.

Re: [CentOS] OEM suggestions

2014-05-30 Thread Seth Bardash
-Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of John R Pierce Subject: Re: [CentOS] OEM suggestions On 5/30/2014 5:28 AM, Andrew Holway wrote: As I think about it, the control node for the UV 2000 looks an*awful* lot like a Penguin

Re: [CentOS] OEM suggestions

2014-05-30 Thread John R Pierce
On 5/30/2014 11:14 AM, Rainer Duffner wrote: Also, due to the fact that they don’t offer a SAS-Controller that does JBOD, you have to setup each drive individually as a RAID0 hmm? The HP H220, H221, H220 are SAS2 HBAs. also the S08e but thats older, and was only sold to support a specific

Re: [CentOS] OEM suggestions

2014-05-29 Thread Andrew Holway
On 29 May 2014 16:26, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Hey, folks, I'm working on finding some new compute nodes. What I'm looking for is a 64 core box, with room enough for a lot of RAM. I can get it from Dell, or HP (bleah! a 4U box), but I need to have three quotes, y'know. We've gotten a lot

Re: [CentOS] OEM suggestions

2014-05-29 Thread m . roth
Andrew Holway wrote: On 29 May 2014 16:26, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: I'm working on finding some new compute nodes. What I'm looking for is a 64 core box, with room enough for a lot of RAM. I can get it from Dell, or HP (bleah! a 4U box), but I need to have three quotes, y'know. We've

Re: [CentOS] OEM suggestions

2014-05-29 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 10:46 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: I agree. But I do need a third quote, though I suppose I could get a reseller along with Dell and the HP. I was sort of looking for anther vendor that's got 64 cores in 1U (the Dell's 2U). If you are looking for density, shouldn't you

Re: [CentOS] OEM suggestions

2014-05-29 Thread zep
On 05/29/2014 12:11 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 10:46 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: I agree. But I do need a third quote, though I suppose I could get a reseller along with Dell and the HP. I was sort of looking for anther vendor that's got 64 cores in 1U (the Dell's 2U).

Re: [CentOS] OEM suggestions

2014-05-29 Thread m . roth
zep wrote: On 05/29/2014 12:11 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 10:46 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: I agree. But I do need a third quote, though I suppose I could get a reseller along with Dell and the HP. I was sort of looking for anther vendor that's got 64 cores in 1U (the

Re: [CentOS] OEM suggestions

2014-05-29 Thread m . roth
zep wrote: On 05/29/2014 12:11 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 10:46 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: I agree. But I do need a third quote, though I suppose I could get a reseller along with Dell and the HP. I was sort of looking for anther vendor that's got 64 cores in 1U (the

Re: [CentOS] OEM suggestions

2014-05-29 Thread Andrew Holway
On the last, Dell's hard to beat. Sun/Oracle ranks under none of the above So If you can find someone selling these puppies in the US Intel server platforms are rather nice: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/server-systems/server-board-s4600lh-lt-systems.html

Re: [CentOS] OEM suggestions

2014-05-29 Thread John R Pierce
On 5/29/2014 8:46 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: I agree. But I do need a third quote, Lenovo ? -- john r pierce 37N 122W somewhere on the middle of the left coast ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

Re: [CentOS] OEM suggestions

2014-05-29 Thread m . roth
Andrew Holway wrote: On the last, Dell's hard to beat. Sun/Oracle ranks under none of the above So If you can find someone selling these puppies in the US Intel server platforms are rather nice:

Re: [CentOS] OEM suggestions

2014-05-29 Thread Andrew Holway
Look nice... but trying to google someone selling *servers* with the board isn't getting me anywhere. I happened across the Asus RS927, but that, after much looking, turns out to only do 32 cores max. Got a clue on models of *server*, from anyone, that uses the Intel board? Intel® Server

Re: [CentOS] OEM suggestions

2014-05-29 Thread m . roth
John R Pierce wrote: On 5/29/2014 8:46 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: I agree. But I do need a third quote, Lenovo ? The only rackmounts I see from their site are dual processor. I'll need four - mostly, I see 16-core CPUs in our systems, though some have 12-core (or the weird 10-core). The Asus

Re: [CentOS] OEM suggestions

2014-05-29 Thread John R Pierce
On 5/29/2014 10:48 AM, Andrew Holway wrote: On the last, Dell's hard to beat. Sun/Oracle ranks under none of the above So If you can find someone selling these puppies in the US Intel server platforms are rather nice:

Re: [CentOS] OEM suggestions

2014-05-29 Thread John R Pierce
On 5/29/2014 11:34 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: John R Pierce wrote: On 5/29/2014 8:46 AM,m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: I agree. But I do need a third quote, Lenovo ? The only rackmounts I see from their site are dual processor. I'll need four - mostly, I see 16-core CPUs in our systems,

Re: [CentOS] OEM suggestions

2014-05-29 Thread m . roth
Andrew Holway wrote: Look nice... but trying to google someone selling *servers* with the board isn't getting me anywhere. I happened across the Asus RS927, but that, after much looking, turns out to only do 32 cores max. Got a clue on models of *server*, from anyone, that uses the Intel

Re: [CentOS] OEM suggestions

2014-05-29 Thread m . roth
John R Pierce wrote: On 5/29/2014 11:34 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: John R Pierce wrote: On 5/29/2014 8:46 AM,m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: I agree. But I do need a third quote, Lenovo ? The only rackmounts I see from their site are dual processor. I'll need four - mostly, I see 16-core CPUs

Re: [CentOS] OEM suggestions

2014-05-29 Thread Andrew Holway
Does anyone have any preferred *vendors* - as I say, we used to like Penguin. Silicon Mechanics? AVADirect? I'm just throwing out names here I've run into while googling. How many of these are you after? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

Re: [CentOS] OEM suggestions

2014-05-29 Thread m . roth
Andrew Holway wrote: Does anyone have any preferred *vendors* - as I say, we used to like Penguin. Silicon Mechanics? AVADirect? I'm just throwing out names here I've run into while googling. How many of these are you after? The budget's limited - maybe one, maybe two, but next year,

Re: [CentOS] OEM suggestions

2014-05-29 Thread m . roth
m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Andrew Holway wrote: Does anyone have any preferred *vendors* - as I say, we used to like Penguin. Silicon Mechanics? AVADirect? I'm just throwing out names here I've run into while googling. How many of these are you after? The budget's limited - maybe one, maybe

Re: [CentOS] OEM suggestions

2014-05-29 Thread Andrew Holway
serious HPC. As opposed to silly HPC? Molecular dynamics huh. Those memory loving SOBs ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] OEM suggestions

2014-05-29 Thread m . roth
Andrew Holway wrote: serious HPC. As opposed to silly HPC? Molecular dynamics huh. Those memory loving SOBs Protein folding, among other things. mark ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] OEM suggestions

2014-05-29 Thread Andrew Holway
Protein folding, among other things. Doesn't that stuff parallelise? Quad socket boxes are pretty rare in HPC nowadays as the amount of memory available in a dual socket box is so high. Infiniband? mark ___ CentOS mailing list

Re: [CentOS] OEM suggestions

2014-05-29 Thread m . roth
Andrew Holway wrote: Protein folding, among other things. Doesn't that stuff parallelise? Quad socket boxes are pretty rare in HPC nowadays as the amount of memory available in a dual socket box is so high. Infiniband? Not on this. But the code's written with parallelization - it uses

Re: [CentOS] OEM suggestions

2014-05-29 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 2:13 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: As a comparison, the Penguins that we got a couple-three years ago were in the $11k range, and were 1U Supermicros. The Dell and HP I'm looking at are about $13k, so that's around where I'm looking. HP blades pop up with a list price

Re: [CentOS] OEM suggestions

2014-05-29 Thread John R Pierce
On 5/29/2014 1:11 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 2:13 PM,m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: As a comparison, the Penguins that we got a couple-three years ago were in the $11k range, and were 1U Supermicros. The Dell and HP I'm looking at are about $13k, so that's around where I'm

Re: [CentOS] OEM suggestions

2014-05-29 Thread Digimer
We switched from HP to Fujitsu a couple of years ago, and couldn't be happier. Look into their RX line, I think the RX500 and RX900 (iirc) do 4 and 8 socket. digimer On 29/05/14 11:26 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Hey, folks, I'm working on finding some new compute nodes. What I'm looking

Re: [CentOS] OEM suggestions

2014-05-29 Thread Evan Rowley
I'd also recommend Fujitsu. If you're desperate there is the SGI H2106-G7 in 2U size. On May 29, 2014 8:52 PM, Digimer li...@alteeve.ca wrote: We switched from HP to Fujitsu a couple of years ago, and couldn't be happier. Look into their RX line, I think the RX500 and RX900 (iirc) do 4 and 8

Re: [CentOS] OEM suggestions

2014-05-29 Thread John R Pierce
On 5/29/2014 6:00 PM, Evan Rowley wrote: I'd also recommend Fujitsu. If you're desperate there is the SGI H2106-G7 in 2U size. the SGI stuff I've seen has been rebranded Supermicro boxes/boards. -- john r pierce 37N 122W somewhere on the middle of the