Dear Linux Gurus,

I need your help in choosing the right Linux Hardware for the
following specifications.Basically our company will be using this
machine for number crunching/IC designing purpose,where lot of memory
and cpu is required.

1) Desktop Board supporting 8GB Ram
2) Intel / AMD Quad core processor
3) Red hat Linux/Centos Support

I goggled and got lot of information but i am not satisfied.Please
help me in choosing the right hardware and software.

Thanks,
Pavan

dev.pav wrote:
> Dear Linux Gurus,
>
> I need your help in choosing the right Linux Hardware for the
> following specifications.Basically our company will be using this
> machine for number crunching/IC designing purpose,where lot of memory
> and cpu is required.
>
> 1) Desktop Board supporting 8GB Ram
> 2) Intel / AMD Quad core processor

You may wish to see if a Supermicro motherboard fits your needs.

<http://supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon1333/>

> 3) Red hat Linux/Centos Support

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.2 is eligible for Red Hat email/telephone support.

Although CentOS 5.2 is free to be downloaded, and is based on RHEL 5.2, support may not fit your commercial requirements.

>
> I goggled and got lot of information but i am not satisfied.Please
> help me in choosing the right hardware and software.
>
> Thanks,
> Pavan
>

The following will lead you to whole systems that are Red Hat certified:

<https://hardware.redhat.com/>
--
1PW

@?6A62?FEH9:DE=6o2@=]4@> [r4o7t]

On Jul 1, 1:41 pm, 1PW <barcrnahgjuvf...@nby.pbz> wrote:
> dev.pav wrote:
> > Dear Linux Gurus,
>
> > I need your help in choosing the right Linux Hardware for the
> > following specifications.Basically our company will be using this
> > machine for number crunching/IC designing purpose,where lot of memory
> > and cpu is required.
>
> > 1) Desktop Board supporting 8GB Ram
> > 2) Intel / AMD Quad core processor
>
> You may wish to see if a Supermicro motherboard fits your needs.
>
> <http://supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon1333/>
>
> > 3) Red hat Linux/Centos Support
>
> Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.2 is eligible for Red Hat email/telephone support.
>
> Although CentOS 5.2 is free to be downloaded, and is based on RHEL 5.2, support may not fit your commercial requirements.
>
>
>
> > I goggled and got lot of information but i am not satisfied.Please
> > help me in choosing the right hardware and software.
>
> > Thanks,
> > Pavan
>
> The following will lead you to whole systems that are Red Hat certified:
>
> <https://hardware.redhat.com/>
> --
> 1PW
>
> @?6A62?FEH9:DE=6o2@=]4@> [r4o7t]



Hi,

Thanks a lot.Fantastic website.

I really want to know the system configuration.if there is any body
who have built the system and installed linux for the above mentioned
configuration ?

dev.pav wrote:
> Dear Linux Gurus,
>
> I need your help in choosing the right Linux Hardware for the
> following specifications.Basically our company will be using this
> machine for number crunching/IC designing purpose,where lot of memory
> and cpu is required.
>
> 1) Desktop Board supporting 8GB Ram
> 2) Intel / AMD Quad core processor
> 3) Red hat Linux/Centos Support

I would recommend a motherboard and chipset that supports ECC memory.
Yes, it cost more, but if you are "betting your business" on this
machine wouldn't you like to know if one of your RAM SIMMs dropped a bit!

While Intel chips chips are a bit faster, Quad core AMD Opterons are a
bit less expensive.

Stick with name brand boards that are designed for "workstation" use,
like ASUS, MSI or Supermicro. Look them up on www.newegg.com and read
the customer feedback. No one ever score 100%, but you should think
twice about a board that has a large number of low ratings.