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Down to 2 Vendors (Dec 06)
vendor #1
| Quote 1#1 | 64 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@667Mhz | dual 80 Gb 7.2K RPM Sata | light, 240 cores |
| | 04 Xeon, 2*(Quad Core 5355, 2.6 Ghz), 16 Gb@667Mhz | dual 80 Gb 7.2K RPM Sata | heavy, 32 cores |
| | 02 Xeon, 2*(Dual Core 5130, 2.0 Ghz), 2 Gb@667Mhz | dual 80 Gb 7.2K RPM Sata | head&io, UPS |
| OS | redhat Head: AS 4, IO: ?, Light: WS3 EMT64, Heavy: WS3 EMT64 |
| Storage | no | mass & high perf |
| InfiniBand | 16 nodes | 24 port switch |
| Software | Platform ROCKS | loaded, but integrated? |
| Support | 3 yrs for rocks, hw next business day, 24*7*365 support |
| Quote 1#2 | 44 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@667Mhz | dual 80 Gb 7.2K RPM Sata | light, 160 cores |
| | 04 Xeon, 2*(Quad Core 5355, 2.6 Ghz), 16 Gb@667Mhz | dual 80 Gb 7.2K RPM Sata | heavy, 32 cores |
| | 02 Xeon, 2*(Dual Core 5160, 3.0 Ghz), 2 Gb@667Mhz | dual 80 Gb 7.2K RPM Sata | head&io, UPS |
| OS | redhat Head: AS 4, IO: ?, Light: WS3 EMT64, Heavy: WS3 EMT64 |
| Storage | no | mass & high perf |
| InfiniBand | 16 nodes | 24 port switch |
| Software | Platform ROCKS | loaded, but integrated? |
| Support | 3 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#3 | 44 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@667Mhz | dual 80 Gb 7.2K RPM Sata | light, 320 cores |
| | 04 Xeon, 2*(Quad Core 5355, 2.6 Ghz), 16 Gb@667Mhz | dual 80 Gb 7.2K RPM Sata | heavy, 32 cores |
| | 02 Xeon, 2*(Quad Core 5320, 1.8 Ghz), 2 Gb@667Mhz | dual 80 Gb 7.2K RPM Sata | head&io, UPS |
| OS | redhat Head: AS 4, IO: ?, Light: WS3 EMT64, Heavy: WS3 EMT64 |
| Storage | no | mass & high perf |
| InfiniBand | 16 nodes | 24 port switch |
| Software | Platform ROCKS | loaded, but integrated? |
| Support | 3 yrs for rocks, hw next business day, 24*7*365 support |
| Quote 1#4 | 64 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@667Mhz | dual 80 Gb 7.2K RPM Sata | light, 240 cores |
| | 02 Xeon, 2*(Quad Core 5355, 2.6 Ghz), 16 Gb@667Mhz | dual 80 Gb 7.2K RPM Sata | heavy, 16 cores |
| | 02 Xeon, 2*(Quad Core 5355, 2.6 Ghz), 32 Gb@667Mhz | dual 80 Gb 7.2K RPM Sata | heavy, 16 cores |
| | 02 Xeon, 2*(Dual Core 5130, 2.0 Ghz), 2 Gb@667Mhz | dual 80 Gb 7.2K RPM Sata | head&io, UPS |
| OS | redhat Head: AS 4, IO: ?, Light: WS3 EMT64, Heavy: WS3 EMT64 |
| Storage | no | mass & high perf |
| InfiniBand | 16 nodes | 24 port switch |
| Software | Platform ROCKS | loaded, but integrated? |
| Support | 3 yrs for rocks, hw next business day, 24*7*365 support |
vendor #2
| Quote 2#1 | 64 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@?Mhz | light, 240 cores |
| | 04 Xeon 5345, 2*(Quad Core 2.3 Ghz), 16 Gb@?Mhz | heavy, 32 cores |
| | ? | head&io |
| OS | Suse 9 or Redhat AS 4 |
| Storage | no | mass & high perf |
| InfiniBand | 16 nodes | ? port switch |
| Software | Scali/Manager | integrated management software |
| Support | |
| Quote 2#2 | 34 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@?Mhz | light, 240 cores |
| | 04 Xeon 5345, 2*(Quad Core 2.3 Ghz), 16 Gb@?Mhz | heavy, 32 cores |
| | ? | head&io |
| OS | Suse 9 or Redhat AS 4 |
| Storage | no | mass & high perf |
| InfiniBand | 16 nodes | ? port switch |
| Software | Scali/Manager | integrated management software |
| Support | |
| Quote 2#3 | 34 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@?Mhz | light, 272 cores |
| | ? | head&io |
| OS | Suse 9 or Redhat AS 4 |
| Storage | no | mass & high perf |
| InfiniBand | all nodes | ? port switch |
| Software | Scali/Manager | integrated 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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