Hardware for a cluster

["J . A . Magallon" <jamagallon@able.es>]

Hi everyone.

I ask for the expert's opinion.

We are going to build a cluster. Some questions:

- Dual mobos or single ones ? Some people here say that with dual systems
you fill half the space. Is it really an advantage to use dual processor 
boards ?

- Is PentiumIV so much better that a PIII ? Will nowadays gcc (3.0.1) generate
code for PIV ?

- we are planning to spent not too much money on the network just now, we will
see if Ether-100Mb is enough for our communication requierementes (and wait for
next year grants...). But I think
that an Starfire with 4 ports will be good for internal network, with channel
bonding. Or perhaps we can bind NFS to eth0 and rest of comms to eth1, etc.
Any known issues ?

Thanks in advance for your replies.

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J.A. Magallon                           #  Let the source be with you...        
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