Gigabyte launches the G250-G52 2u HPC server in the UK

[HEXUS]

The G250-G52 has capacity for eight double width video cards plus two Xeon CPUs.

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[jimbouk]

Now there's a system build that can quickly scale into the tens of thousands. I'm up to £45k maxed out I think

[Vorlon99]

Now there's a system build that can quickly scale into the tens of thousands. I'm up to £45k maxed out I think

Yeah, but will it play minecraft? lol

[DanceswithUnix]

Is a couple of gigabit network cards really going to cut it?

Yeah, but will it play minecraft? lol

Yes, but if it is runing a Minecraft server I bet my kids can still bring it to its knees in minutes

[scaryjim]

Is a couple of gigabit network cards really going to cut it? ...

I guess it's aimed at stand-alone use processing data off a local array, rather than as part of a farm or cluster, although it seems a little short-sighted if so. Perhaps they're assuming most people will be using some of those spare expansion slots for dedicated networking so they don't need to bother providing much out-of-the-box in that regard?

[malfunction]

I can't see any noise specs but I'm guessing it's not quiet even by server standards:

System Fans 8 x 80x80x38mm (15000rpm)

(and that's before you stick the 8 PCI-E cards in it)

There's also a version with 2 x 10G ports on board:

http://b2b.gigabyte.com/products/pro...px?pid=5405#ov

[1stRaven]

yeah, 10Gb networks remove a lot of the requirements for multiple nics. You tend to just use 2 x dual or quad 10Gb add in cards to allow for some redundancy in case of a card failure.

This server could be interesting for VDI environments, using the processing, memory, nic options and the gpu's for the graphics performance. I guess that you will be looking at around 20-40 high end users at that point.

[abaxas]

This server could be interesting for VDI environments, using the processing, memory, nic options and the gpu's for the graphics performance. I guess that you will be looking at around 20-40 high end users at that point.

VDI, what is this 2006 all over again

Most people realized there was no poin in paying for something twice

[scaryjim]

Most people realized there was no poin in paying for something twice

I suspect the advances made in hardware GPU virtualisation will cause a lot of companies to reassess, particularly if they have the capability to hot desk: a high end professional GPU sitting idle under a desk is a big waste of expenditure.

As to noise, it's going to be sat in a server room, so you're not going to hear one of these over the noise of the other tens of servers and the industrial AC units that are keeping everything cool! Rack servers have never been designed to be quiet....

[malfunction]

As to noise, it's going to be sat in a server room, so you're not going to hear one of these over the noise of the other tens of servers and the industrial AC units that are keeping everything cool! Rack servers have never been designed to be quiet....

For what it's worth I was just remarking on it having 15K RPM fans - which seems bonkers even by server standards, though I'm not exactly an expert on server hardware (the last rack mount servers I played with were using 120mm fans @ 6K which was "loud enough" before they were racked and stacked).

[Meaker]

I can't see any noise specs but I'm guessing it's not quiet even by server standards:

System Fans 8 x 80x80x38mm (15000rpm)

(and that's before you stick the 8 PCI-E cards in it)

There's also a version with 2 x 10G ports on board:

http://b2b.gigabyte.com/products/pro...px?pid=5405#ov

The tesla cards don't have fans and rely on those system fans.