On 01/02/2006, at 8:55 AM, Jeremy Mann wrote: > > Christoph Willing said: >> >> On 01/02/2006, at 8:15 AM, Jeremy Mann wrote: >> >> We have mostly Linux AG nodes in Australia and a large number (maybe >> the majority now) use the IVC200 4x input card: >> http://www.icp-australia.com.au/DataSheets/IVC200G.html > > How does it compare to the Spectra mentioned by Bob?
I haven't used the Spectra, so can't compare. The price of the Spectra (http://www.ituner.com/spectra.htm) looks to be quite a bit more expensive than the ICV200 (USD395 v AUD200) - perhaps thats a sign of technical superiority? > >> For the same reasons you mention above, we tend to have ours made to >> order by local builders. We've had good success with Tyan >> motherboards - the Tyan S2895 looks like it would be great for an AG >> node (add 2x dualhead PCI-Extreme graphics cards = accelerated >> graphics on all 4 outputs). > > Our portable node has a Tyan S2668 which offers us 5 PCI slots. And > even > though I can build the system from scratch, when anything fails, > you have > to dig out the receipt and RMA that piece. I'd rather just buy the > whole > thing under warranty and let them figure it out. > > I'll check if there is a local company that can build it for us. > > Also, my boss wants a dual setup since our system is a dual Xeon. Last > friday we hosted our largest meeting yet and the system was virtually > idle. The S2668 was a great board - we've had lots of systems built with them. The S2895 is a dual Opteron board. It has 3 PCI-X slots, but only a single 32bit PCI slot (the type needed for an IVC200). chris Christoph Willing +61 7 3365 8350 QPSF Access Grid Manager University of Queensland
