zep wrote:
On 05/29/2014 12:11 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 10:46 AM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
I agree. But I do need a third quote, though I suppose I could get a reseller along with Dell and the HP. I was sort of looking for anther vendor that's got 64 cores in 1U (the Dell's 2U).
If you are looking for density, shouldn't you be using blade systems? I think both HP and Dell have blades that can go to 64 cores.
I suspect it's total cores per machine + density; I dunno if
<snip> Let me clarify a bit. In the past, we've gotten servers from Penguin, as I said, and they're all Supermicro boxes. I'm not just looking for three quotes - that, I could get easily - I'm looking for other OEMs, in a similar price range (or lower) that might offer us a replacment OEM for Penguin, that offers a) a good price; b) *reliable* systems that they've q/a'd, and c) decent technical support response.
On the last, Dell's hard to beat. Sun/Oracle ranks under "none of the above".... So....
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