[TriLUG] Purchasing a Linux cluster

[Dave Schwartzburg]

Joe,

You might want to take a look at IBM's BladeCenter server.  It is 
scalable up to 14 blades in one chassis, and you can start out with 
however many blades you'd like.

http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/eserver/xseries/bladecenter_family.html

-Dave


Joe Meador wrote:

>The group I work for is looking to purchase a Linux cluster within the
>next few months.  I was wondering if any of you had any suggestions as to
>which vendor we should look at, specs, etc...  Right now we have a quote
>from Ion Computer Systems for a 10 node cluster for $56,000.  We're
>looking for something a bit more affordable.  Any suggestions are greatly
>appreciated!  We're also hoping to purchase 6 Linux workstations for heavy
>graphical use (to replace SGI's).  We may just buy Dell workstations and
>install Linux on them.  Thanks for your replies!
>
>Joe Meador
>joe at alien.biochem.wfubmc.edu
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