I realize that this is slightly off-topic but since we all deal with hardware quite a little bit I thought I'd ask you for recommendations where to buy scientific workstations.
The specs for what I am looking for are very similar to my current cluster nodes namely - Dual Opteron 248 - 252 - 4Gig Memory - Gig-E but since these are supposed to be desktops where people do pre- and post-processing and visualization I'd like to add: - 250-300 Gig disk (SATA or SATAII) - NVidia 6600 or comparable (Quadro 540 maybe) - DVD writer - Quiet fans - SuSE-10 preinstalled - 24/7/365 next day on site support I have checked IBM and SUN which are "waaaayyy to expensive" and I am leaning towards HP's xw9300 which seems nice but the sales people at HP are the most unhelpful bunch I've ever dealt with. So obviously I have my doubts about the whole HP-Linux experience. Also, I like the OS preinstalled, patched, the BIOS fully upgraded to the latest and the graphics drivers installed and everything ready to go so that all I have to do is to plug the cables in. Down the road I'd like to see next-day on-site support. Where do you guys go for this stuff? I am looking to buy 10 workstations to start with and then many more down the road. Am I dreaming? Roland _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
