We are running the Opteron 248 from HP, IBM and Sun for a while and did not encounter any heating problems. We are also looking at the Opteron 250 now. Regards LAI Loong-Fong On 3/8/04 2:37 AM, "Steve Pittard" <wsp@emory.edu> wrote: > > Hello, Is anyone aware of heating issues specifically > relating to the Opteron 248s (as opposed to > 246s and below) ? I ask only because I have been evaluating > some cluster technology based on the Opteron 248s and was > told by one vendor that they were having to rethink their > cooling stratgey specifically for the 248s and above. > Evidently they are reacting to a particular heat dissipation > issue specific to the 248. This could be simply because > they weren't dealing adequately with cooling on Opterons > in general and are having to find a better solution though > they were representing the thermal issue as specific to > the 248s. Thanks > > Steve Pittard | http://catalina.bimcore.emory.edu (HOME PAGE) > Emory University | wsp@emory.edu, wsp@bimcore.emory.edu (INTERNET) > BIMCORE Support | 404 727 0038 > > _______________________________________________ > Bioclusters maillist - Bioclusters@bioinformatics.org > https://bioinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/bioclusters >