I'm pricing out some servers (from Dell) and deciding between their 1955 blade
server and a 2950 2U server. I learned the 1955 has only 4 RAM slots, whereas
the 2950 has 8. Thus, I could populate with 4 x 4 GB modules, or 2 x 2 GB
modules (cost savings). But, for compute-intensive work, where the majority of
a program will work between CPU and RAM, how much of a cost, compute-wise, is
there, between 4 GB and 2 x 2 GB?
I could go with 10 blades, or 10 2950 machines. The benefit of the 2950 would
be more slots for RAM and, with its architecture, easier to manage and expand
(I work with two of the 2950 machines anyway, and have seen the 1955).
I'm not a/the programmer. I'm just relaying, and using my resources to get the
best hardware that fits the need.
Thanks for insight/feedback.
Scott
_______________________________________________
bblisa mailing list
[email protected]
http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
