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Re: [SAGE] 3U - 24 ServerBlades or 1U - 6 ServerBlades
On Sat, 2002-01-19 at 19:34, Company, Paul J. wrote:
>
> Does anyone have any experience with the following systems?
> Does anyone know of any company doing similar work with
> Intel or AMD processors (running Windows NT/2000/XP)?
>
> Thanks.
>
> http://www.rlxtechnologies.com/product/
>
> Q1: How much HDD space?
> A1: One, probably two HDDs. Comes with one 10GB HDD.
>
> Q2: How much memory space?
> A2: Probably up to 4GB of RAM. Whitepaper shows 512MB of RAM in their tests.
>
> Q3: What type and Number of CPU?
> A3: 633MHz Transmeta; doesn't mention multiple CPU capabilities.
> Doesn't mention anything about supporting Intel or AMD CPUs.
>
> Q4: What OS does run?
> Q4: Looks like only Linux?
> Doesn't mention future support for Windows NT/2000/XP.
> Please don't ask why I even want support for NT/2000/XP.
> You can probably already guess - my job only has Windows programers :-(
Support for W2K Server (top of the page you give has ``Operating
Systems''
>
>
> Q5: What compilers and development environment does it support?
> A5: They don't mention any. My guess is GNU.
>
> Q6: Are these just independent machines or
> do they support MP Architectures (SMP/NUMA/etc.)?
> Q7: My guess is independent machines, no tightly coupled MP.
> Although you can use clustering software.
>
> Q7: How much does it cost?
> A7: Doesn't say....ANYWHERE!!!!!! My guess is ALOT!
Click purchase, online store, the 1U, 999 in base config...
> The only totally accurate way to measure the performance of a system
> is to test the software applications you use on the system. That means
> asking for a loaner and benchmarking.
>
> If any of you look into this, let me know.
> I'd love to see the details.
> It may be worth it for those with "special" needs.
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