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Chuck, "Network" tax. While 64 nodes does not justify an entire switch, it is also not "free". Unless there has been a prior agreement that SCCS/SLAC will "pick up" those costs, they are real. The generic farm switch that is purchased is (about) $100K, which supports (about) 256 nodes. Gary > -----Original Message----- > From: [log in to unmask] > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Chuck Boeheim > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 9:09 AM > To: atlas-sccs-planning-l > Subject: Config for initial purchase > > Ok, here is what I'm planning to ask Sun to quote for the > initial Atlas farm: > > 3 18TB fileservers: V240 + 3 tray 6140 (1 controller + 2 expansion) > 64 Compute nodes: X2200M2, 2x2214, 8GB (8x1GB DIMMS), 2x250GB drive > > The storage should come to around $152K and the compute nodes > to around $223K. That comes about $25K short of $400K, which > we can either hold back to fix miscalculations (e.g., too much > storage per server, have to buy more fileservers to spread > the load), or we can buy 5 or 6 more batch nodes. > > Any last-minute course corrections before I go ahead with this? > > Chuck Boeheim > [log in to unmask] > > > >