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Hi Gromaxians,<br>
sorry for unrelated question. <br>
My lab is going to purchase a Linux Cluster and we have a couple of
queries regarding the cluser.<br>
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1) We have heard about "XEON Based cluster".Can anyone shed some light
into this form of the cluster and how it differs from a more
conventional PCB(Personel Computer Based) Linux Cluster. Which of the
two would be a better option under normal circumstances???<br>
<br>
2) The other query is regarding the scaling i.e.speed wise performance
of the cluster. We heard that after a certain no of nodes increment (
say upto 8-10), the performance (speed) of the cluster is not greatly
effected or the speed performance of the cluster reaches a plateau
even if we increase the number of nodes. <br>
If so is the case, would it be sensible to go for say<font
color="#ff0000"> <b>a two different 8 node cluster instead of a say
one 16 node cluster.</b></font><br>
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I will be thankfull if some one suggest somthing regarding the above
mentioned issues.<br>
<br>
Alok Jain<br>
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