A GbE bridge and a computational/db server
Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski
D.Mierzejewski at icm.edu.pl
Mon Feb 12 16:14:14 UTC 2007
Hello list,
I'm in the process of putting together specs for two servers.
1. A GbE bridge with as much as 5 1Gb Ethernet (copper) links
LeWiz cards do look nice, but I'm afraid they're not available
here (Poland). I was thinking about Foxconn NFPIK8AA-8EKRS board
for this one and maybe Intel PRO/1000 PT Dual/Quad Ethernet cards.
2. A server with lots of CPUs (4x dual-core Opteron), RAM (8GB+)
and storage (2TB+) for running scientific apps like Psyblast.
I was thinking about Tyan S4985 as a base for this one, along with
3ware Escalade 9xxx SATA RAID with 8 WD RE400 disks for storage
(plus 2x WD Raptor 150 for OS in software RAID0).
Any comments/recommendations?
Regards,
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Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski <rathann*at*icm.edu.pl>
Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling
Warsaw University | http://www.icm.edu.pl | tel. +48 (22) 5540810
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