Hello, I would be interested in your results. We currently have Xeon, AMD and Itanium systems but no Opterons. Please send me a copy of your tests if possible. Thanks ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Saharinen Juha" <juha.saharinen@ktl.fi> To: <bioclusters@bioinformatics.org> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 2:41 AM Subject: RE: [Bioclusters] Clusters > Hi Juan, > > We recently tested many different platforms (Intel Xeons and Itaniums, = AMD Athlons and Opterons, IBM p690 and Apple G5) when we were building our cluster. The results were something different than what you can see on manufacturers' www-pages. > > Briefly, the AMD Opterons were clearly fastest in almost all testes (different bioinformatics apps) we ran and since the price we got for the opteron based cluster was the best the decision was pretty easy for us. > > I'm aware this topic could be of interest to many readers of this discussion, but I'm a bit hesitant to put the results publicly here. Nevertheless, just email me and we can continue more in detail on this topic, if you or anyone else are/is interested. > > > Best regards, > > Juha > > ------- > Juha Saharinen, PhD > Bioinformatics and DNA arrays unit > Department of Molecular Medicine > National Public Health Institute > Helsinki, Finland > Email: Juha.Saharinen@KTL.Fi > Phone: +358-9-4744 8969 > Fax: +358-9-4744 8480 > http://www.bioinfo.helsinki.fi > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Juan Perin [mailto:BIC@genome.chop.edu] > > Sent: 2. kes=E4kuuta 2004 21:44 > > To: bioclusters@bioinformatics.org > > Subject: [Bioclusters] Clusters > > > > Just wondering if anyone out there has had recent experience with building > > any size cluster with the new Xserve G5's. We're trying to make a > > decision > > between a linux system and the Xserves for our cluster and would like= to > > gauge the overall sentiment of anyone with experience on these new > > machines. > > > > THANKS > > > > Juan Perin > > Bioinformatics Core > > Children's hospital of Philadelphia > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Bioclusters maillist - Bioclusters@bioinformatics.org > > https://bioinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/bioclusters > > _______________________________________________ > Bioclusters maillist - Bioclusters@bioinformatics.org > https://bioinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/bioclusters >