20000320: Info on suitable hardware

>From: "Neil R. Smith" <address@hidden>
>Organization: Dept. Atmospheric Science, TAMU
>Keywords: 200003202042.NAA27616 Unidata platforms 

Neil,

>What machinery to buy?

The $64K question :-)

I just wanted to blast you a quick note to point out that questions from
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the subject.

>We're re-evaluating our data ingest hardware environment.  We 
>would like some advice or pointers to info that will help us
>decide what kind of processing power would be best for our 
>current and future in-house needs and downstream feed duties.  
>We also want to get an idea of the future expansion planned 
>for the IDD, in terms of product and volume (or bandwidth) 
>and rough scheduling for these changes. 
>
>One of the kinds of info that would be helpful is quantifiable
>metrics useful during the hardware shopping stage, such as 
>minimum-to-comfortable ranges for mips, FLOPS, or I/O rates.
>
>What would also be welcome is any advise or anecdotes arising
>from your or others' experiences with various platform brands, 
>operating systems, or otherwise generic configuration issues.
>
>Many thanks,
>-Neil
>-- 
>Neil R. Smith, Comp. Sys. Mngr.                address@hidden
>Dept. Atmospheric Sci., Texas A&M Univ.        979/845-6272 FAX:979/862-4466

Tom Yoksas