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vendor #1

Quote 1#164 node HPCC $196,700
Nodes a total of 64 nodes, 128 cpus, 272 cores
60 Xeon, 2*(Dual Core 5130 2.0 Ghz), 2 Gb@667Mhzdual 80 Gb 7.2K RPM Satalight, 240 cores
04 Xeon, 2*(Quad Core 5355, 2.6 Ghz), 16 Gb@667Mhzdual 80 Gb 7.2K RPM Sataheavy, 32 cores
02 Xeon, 2*(Dual Core 5130, 2.0 Ghz), 2 Gb@667Mhzdual 80 Gb 7.2K RPM Satahead&io, UPS
OSredhat Head: AS 4, IO: ?, Light: WS3 EMT64, Heavy: WS3 EMT64
Storagenomass & high perf
InfiniBand16 nodes24 port switch
SoftwarePlatform ROCKSloaded, but integrated?
Support3 yrs for rocks, hw next business day, 24*7*365 support
Quote 1#244 node HPCC $181,000
Nodes a total of 44 nodes, 88 cpus, 192 cores
40 Xeon, 2*(Dual Core 5160 3.0 Ghz), 2 Gb@667Mhzdual 80 Gb 7.2K RPM Satalight, 160 cores
04 Xeon, 2*(Quad Core 5355, 2.6 Ghz), 16 Gb@667Mhzdual 80 Gb 7.2K RPM Sataheavy, 32 cores
02 Xeon, 2*(Dual Core 5160, 3.0 Ghz), 2 Gb@667Mhzdual 80 Gb 7.2K RPM Satahead&io, UPS
OSredhat Head: AS 4, IO: ?, Light: WS3 EMT64, Heavy: WS3 EMT64
Storagenomass & high perf
InfiniBand16 nodes24 port switch
SoftwarePlatform ROCKSloaded, but integrated?
Support3 yrs for rocks, hw next business day, 24*7*365 support

The lightweight node price in Quote #2 is $2605, so we could add about six more nodes for $16K.

The lightweight node price in Quote #1 is $1987, so we would lose about eight nodes if we needed to reduce the cost by $16K.


Quote 1#344 node HPCC $172,000
Nodes a total of 44 nodes, 88 cpus, 352 cores
40 Xeon, 2*(Quad Core 5320 1.8 Ghz), 2 Gb@667Mhzdual 80 Gb 7.2K RPM Satalight, 320 cores
04 Xeon, 2*(Quad Core 5355, 2.6 Ghz), 16 Gb@667Mhzdual 80 Gb 7.2K RPM Sataheavy, 32 cores
02 Xeon, 2*(Quad Core 5320, 1.8 Ghz), 2 Gb@667Mhzdual 80 Gb 7.2K RPM Satahead&io, UPS
OSredhat Head: AS 4, IO: ?, Light: WS3 EMT64, Heavy: WS3 EMT64
Storagenomass & high perf
InfiniBand16 nodes24 port switch
SoftwarePlatform ROCKSloaded, but integrated?
Support3 yrs for rocks, hw next business day, 24*7*365 support
Quote 1#464 node HPCC $216,400
Nodes a total of 64 nodes, 128 cpus, 272 cores
60 Xeon, 2*(Dual Core 5130 2.0 Ghz), 2 Gb@667Mhzdual 80 Gb 7.2K RPM Satalight, 240 cores
02 Xeon, 2*(Quad Core 5355, 2.6 Ghz), 16 Gb@667Mhzdual 80 Gb 7.2K RPM Sataheavy, 16 cores
02 Xeon, 2*(Quad Core 5355, 2.6 Ghz), 32 Gb@667Mhzdual 80 Gb 7.2K RPM Sataheavy, 16 cores
02 Xeon, 2*(Dual Core 5130, 2.0 Ghz), 2 Gb@667Mhzdual 80 Gb 7.2K RPM Satahead&io, UPS
OSredhat Head: AS 4, IO: ?, Light: WS3 EMT64, Heavy: WS3 EMT64
Storagenomass & high perf
InfiniBand16 nodes24 port switch
SoftwarePlatform ROCKSloaded, but integrated?
Support3 yrs for rocks, hw next business day, 24*7*365 support

vendor #2

Quote 2#164 node HPCC $404,000 (no further details)
Nodes a total of 64 nodes, 128 cpus, 272 cores
60 Xeon 5140, 2*(Dual Core 2.6 Ghz), 2 Gb@?Mhzlight, 240 cores
04 Xeon 5345, 2*(Quad Core 2.3 Ghz), 16 Gb@?Mhzheavy, 32 cores
? head&io
OSSuse 9 or Redhat AS 4
Storagenomass & high perf
InfiniBand16 nodes? port switch
SoftwareScali/Managerintegrated management software
Support
Quote 2#234 node HPCC $296,000 (no further details)
Nodes a total of 34 nodes, 68 cpus, 272 cores
30 Xeon 5355, 2*(Quad Core 2.6 Ghz), 2 Gb@?Mhzlight, 240 cores
04 Xeon 5345, 2*(Quad Core 2.3 Ghz), 16 Gb@?Mhzheavy, 32 cores
? head&io
OSSuse 9 or Redhat AS 4
Storagenomass & high perf
InfiniBand16 nodes? port switch
SoftwareScali/Managerintegrated management software
Support
Quote 2#334 node HPCC $216,400 (no further details)
Nodes a total of 34 nodes, 68 cpus, 272 cores
34 Xeon 5355, 2*(Quad Core 2.6 Ghz), 2 Gb@?Mhzlight, 272 cores
? head&io
OSSuse 9 or Redhat AS 4
Storagenomass & high perf
InfiniBandall nodes? port switch
SoftwareScali/Managerintegrated management software
Support

In Conclusion

The main differences between Vendor #1, Quote 2 and Vendor #2, Quote 2 is that the Vendor 2 quote provides fewer nodes, more cores (all are quad-core), and extends the infiniband connectivity to all nodes. Extending infiniband to all 40 nodes in Vendor #1's Quote 2 would bring the price up to $195K (estimated). Upgrading the 40 work nodes to 5355 (2.66 GHz) quad-core processors would add another $20K (a very rough maximum estimate), bringing the total to $215K (for a cluster that has 10 more nodes than the Vendor #2 quote). Vendor #2 quotes seem to cost considerably more, even when normalizing for the more advanced hardware.


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