We've done OK with the HP quad socket DL580G7's. They have 64 dimm sockets, so we can stick with 16s and get 1TB. The big issue is the MTBF on dimms; infant mortality was a real pain on these. Aside from that, they've been pretty good. -nld
On Aug 29, 2012, at 10:33 AM, Doug Hughes wrote: > On 8/29/2012 8:57 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (lopser) wrote: >> I happen to support a lot of high mem high performance jobs, including EDA >> tools, with sims that will consume 100G+ memory... I haven't yet seen the >> situation where we deemed the cost of the hardware upgrade to be the most >> significant factor. > > from 384GB to 768GB is a huge jump. the 16GB to 32GB dimms is about 4x the > price. the price per system jumps from the $20k area to the $80k area. > > Also, we tend to steer clear of the exotic quad processor and stacked > motherboards since they are far less tested in the field than dual socket > off-the-shelf versions. (they also cost a lot more). > _______________________________________________ > Tech mailing list > Tech@lists.lopsa.org > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list Tech@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
