[cluster-l] Single- vs. Dual- vs. Quad-core CPUs

[Nils Oberg]

Hello,

Our group is going to purchase a small cluster.  I'm trying to decide 
if each node in the cluster should have dual- or quad-core 
CPUs.  Does anyone have any advice for how to benchmark?  Or other 
resources that might help me get started?

As an FYI, I noticed that NCSA is building a new cluster 
(http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/UserInfo/Resources/Hardware/Intel64Cluster/) 
that has dual-socket quad-core compute nodes for a total of 8 cores.

Nils



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Nils Oberg, Research Programmer
Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at U-C
phone: 217-333-8365, web: http://vtchl.uiuc.edu