[Beowulf] Building new cluster - estimate

[Ivan Oleynik]

Matt,

Thanks for your advice.

I suggest that you need a minimum of 16GB/node (2GB/core) and possibly
> 32GB/node (4GB/node).
>

8 Gb/node is enough for types of applications we are going to run on this
cluster. Additional memory stickscan be added later if necessary.


>
> You will want to set up IPMI on all of the nodes.  You want to avoid
> touching the harware or even going into the machine room whenever practical.
>

Why is IPMI so important? Because this is small cluster, we can physically
inspect the faulty modes, not a big deal.

I check the pricing, IPMI is extra $100/node or $4000/40 nodes=2 extra
compute nodes. We are on tight budget, and every penny matters. That is why
I sent this email to get advice concerning pricing.


Ivan
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