new SGI Origin & Onyx 3k?

[Christopher Hogue]

Hi Folks,

Sorry Wes, I'm with Greg on this one. To work with protein structure,
folding and docking drugs, I have 216 CPUS and I could easily use 10 or
100 times more for my "production runs".  This isn't for bragging
rights. For me it's for being able to design new and better medicines
with fewer side effects.  

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Christopher W.V. Hogue, Ph.D.
Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute
Mt. Sinai Hospital 600 University Ave.
Toronto Ontario Canada M5G 1X5
(416) 586-4800 xt2866
fax (416) 586-8857

hogue at mshri.on.ca

http://bioinfo.mshri.on.ca




W Bauske wrote:
> 
> Greg Lindahl wrote:
> >
> > > Exactly how often do you think people want to run 1000 nodes on
> > > a single problem? When was the last time you did that?
> >
> > For the customers I'd like to have, frequently.
> >
> 
> Note the "Like to have". Also, you don't address the first
> question so I'll assume you agree people don't do that unless
> it's for benchmarks from your statement.
> 
> > Last time for me, yesterday.
> >
> 
> Benchmarks at that scale are for bragging rights. Similar to
> IBM's news releases on ASCI White. Amusing but it doesn't
> relate to production runs.
> 
> Wes
> 
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