Re: [sales] desired system

[Judd Stohl <judd@valinux.com>]

Hi Jerry,

My apologies that I didn't get the cluster quote out to you yesterday. 
I'm waiting for a reply from our cluster group about integrating your
existing equipment with our equipment.  I should have some pricing for
you by the end of today.  

Thanks,
-Judd

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> Dear VA Linux Systems Representative:
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>    I am a physicist at the University of Richmond and we are in
> the process of developing a 'supercomputing' cluster to support
> our research in nuclear and particle physics. I was wondering
> if you could provide us with a quote for such a system and
> answer a few questions about creating such a computer cluster.
> The system we envision would consist of the following items.
> 
> 1. 20, dual-Pentium, rack-mountable, linux workstations. Your
> model 1220 seems like an appropriate choice. We would require
> 512 MByte of RAM in each machine plus about 36 GByte of disk
> space.
> 
> 2. 2-3 TByte of disk space. Your model 4450 database server
> looks like the type of device we want. We want it to also be
> rack-mountable.
> 
> 3. 24-port router. We already have a smaller, 12-node cluster
> with a 24-port router, but would presumably require a second
> one. We would like to put all the machines (old and new) on
> the same subnet for security reasons. Is it possible to
> daisy-chain routers together or do we need to get a new,
> larger one to handle all 32 nodes?
> 
> 4. Two 21-inch monitors and a switch so that we can quickly
> and easily view the output from any single node.
> 
> 5. Backup power supplies.
> 
> 6. Racks to hold it all.
> 
> Any help you can provide us would be greatly appreciated. My
> contact information is below.
> 
> Thanks-in-advance,
> 
> Jerry Gilfoyle
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> Dr. Gerard P. Gilfoyle
> Physics Department                e-mail: ggilfoyl@richmond.edu
> University of Richmond, VA 23173  phone:  804-289-8255
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