On 05/29/2014 12:11 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 10:46 AM, <m.roth at 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 HP/Dell/anyone else can do that sort of density on cores with blades. I have some IBM 3850s that seem to get close (and I'd gladly give them to all sorts of people that I greatly dislike) if blades are an option, Cisco UCS blades seems to work quite well for us, but I don't think they get much over the dual proc hexacore range.