Hi I did a performance/cost analysis for my lab some months ago. From my calculations, the best bang for the "swedish krona" I could find from the limited number of suppliers I had available (drowning under crappy brain-less purchase regulations) was to go with big stuff. So I did.
I bought: Asus A7M266-D Mobos AMD Athlon MP 2200+ CPUs PXE bootable nw cards. 512MB ram Which was all 'cool' stuff back then. Then I built a openmosix cluster with remote booting nodes. Works like a charm. We run CPU bound calculations, so I wanted as much FPU power as possible for my limited budget. Maximizing CPUs per "overhead equipment" was essential. Fewer machines also means less admin hassle, and remote booting really takes a load of your shoulders. Harabraman Jimmy -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
