+1 on what Gilles says. 10 years is too lengthy of a horizon to guarantee knowledge in the fast-moving tech sector. All you can do is make good estimates based on your requirements and budget today (and what you can estimate over the next few years).
> On Mar 21, 2016, at 6:06 AM, Gilles Gouaillardet > <gilles.gouaillar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Durga, > > currently, the average life expectancy of a cluster is 3 years. > si if you have to architect a cluster out of off the shelf components, I > would recommend > you take the "best" components available today or to be released in a very > near future. > so many things can happen in 10 years, so I can only suggest you do not lock > in yourself with a given vendor. > > "best" should be understood as "best match with your needs and your budget". > > as a general though, market is both rational and irrational, so the best > engineered technology might not always prevail. and I do not know the magic > recipe to guarantee success. > > Cheers, > > Gilles > > On Monday, March 21, 2016, dpchoudh . <dpcho...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all > > I don't mean this to be a political conversation, but more of a research type. > > From what I have been observing, some of the interconnects that had very good > technological features as well as popularity in the past have basically gone > down the history book and some others, with comparable feature set, have > gained (although I won't put any names here, neither of these are commodity > gigabit Ethernet). > > Any comments on what drives these factors? Put another way, if I am to > architect a system consisting of commodity nodes today, how can I reasonably > be sure that the interconnect will be a good choice, in all sense of the word > 'good', say, 10 years down the road? > > Thanks > Durga > > We learn from history that we never learn from history. > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > us...@open-mpi.org > Subscription: http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users > Link to this post: > http://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/users/2016/03/28769.php -- Jeff Squyres jsquy...@cisco.com For corporate legal information go to: http://www.cisco.com/web/about/doing_business/legal/cri/
