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* There are enough Infiniband ports available to put all new hardware nodes on such a switch (add cards and cables cost for each node) | * There are enough Infiniband ports available to put all new hardware nodes on such a switch (add cards and cables cost for each node) | ||
* The internal disks on each node need to be of a high speed (10K or better) and of a certain size (300 GB or larger) mimicking the Dell disk arrays (adds costs) | * The internal disks on each node need to be of a high speed (10K or better) and of a certain size (300 GB or larger) mimicking the Dell disk arrays (adds costs) | ||
+ | * we maybe able to add two more nodes by switching to a more exapnsive lower wattage CPU (and remain within butget as well aas below the 50% energy consumption threshold as compared with Dell's consumption. | ||
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+ | But it is all very doable within a budget of $45-$50K. And it can be the solution for: | ||
- | But it is all very doable within a budget of $45-$50K. | + | * replace Dell's racks functions and match or exceed its performance |
+ | * seriously reduce energy consumption benefiting Physical Plant' | ||
+ | * allow ITS to treat the third Liebert cooling tower as backup/ | ||
+ | * being way green | ||
The Libert family rejoices. | The Libert family rejoices. |