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Ideas: Expand computational capabilities (power and/ or number of computers), increase efficiency of code, streamline workflows, etc. |
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Purpose of page
Write down concerns, ideas, and efforts as understood by Chemistry IT so research group members can review and correct.
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Chen Computational Server
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- Can manage risk buy buying more years, up to 5. Historically not an issue, but no guarantees, obviously.
1) Confirm support (draft)
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- Use $/GB ratios above to estimate price for other desired sizes.
- See price sheet for specific options with Dell's pricing.
4) Warranty
Most research groups expect to use server investments for 5 years. And hope for more years, beyond the 5.
Normal warranty is for 3 years, but can instead get for 4 or 5 years.
- Question: Worth getting quotes for adding 4th and 5th year warranty, vs. base of 3 years?
Most groups take a risk for years 4 and 5, taking into account (1) rapid technological obsolesce and (2) historically low failure rates.
- Thus, groups are prepared to pay for fixes, or buy new, rather than put initial money into a more extended warranty.
- Can manage risk buy buying more years up-front, up to 5.
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Request from group: Buy a server to process multiple Matlab calculation simultaneously
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