Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Bari Ari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> The 820 and 840 are ok for clustering apps since they support SMP
>> but you're also stuck with RDRAM
>
My interest in 815 and 840 is for embedded apps using LinuxBIOS than
clustering. Some customers demand Intel.
>
> Exactly. Plus you are stuck with the PIII which can't take advantage
> of it. And the Price/Performance is bad. The 815 is almost
> interesting as it has good Price/Performance. It is just AMD is
> currently blowing Intel away...
I'm really not happy with any x86 solution for dense clustering at the
moment. AMD is ahead of Intel in computing performance but with nearly
double the amount of heat generated. The new Ultra Low Voltage P-III's
are nice for keeping the heat down when trying to pack 8 -16 cpu's into
a 1-U but the price is very high. The Crusoes are also lower in heat but
not much bang for the buck. The Serverworks ServerSet III HE-SL looks
great for SMP in very dense clusters since you can minimize the
footprint of the chipsets on a board and maximize the amount of cpu's,
memory and networking but you're back to Intel for cpu's.
>
>
> The only chipset I have heard any interest for is the 850
>
>
The 850's only support one P-4, not exactly what I want to use in a
cluster. I suppose we'll be stuck with them till IA-64 is out or the AMD
Hammer series.
Bari
