We've been looking at these systems, but haven't received specific information about them.
However, my assumption is that you can "unbundle the software" simply by re-installing X Server from disk; and I think that the tools that are included are merely pre-configured OSS tools--that is, they don't have a value in and of themselves, just that they have been configured (well) to run on those machines. So by formatting the disk, you're not actually deleting licenses that you would otherwise have to pay for, but simply losing the custom config work that was put into it.
I'm more sure that's the case with BLAST (which I know to be OSS) than iNquiry.
I'm also assuming that they come with Xgrid for their processor management.
You might try this question on the Fed-Talk list. Not a lot of talk on it, but there are a few Apple ASE's and Gov't sales folks that are anxious to answer these kinds of questions.
But does this unit compare favorably to purchasing the components individually and assembling them yourself? I assumed that they were pretty much rack price, with the value add of configuring the software. If you're not going to use the software, does the hardware still present a discount?
On Wednesday, April 07, 2004, at 09:00AM, Thomas E Moore <email@hidden> wrote:
>http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/04/05/scitech/index.php?
>redirect=1081169085000
>http://www.apple.com/xserve/cluster/wgcluster.html
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>Has anyone learned more about this Apple workgroup cluster for
>bioinformatics? I'm wondering if they will unbundle the software or
>bundle a different set of software for other specialties than
>bioinformatics. Also, I'm wondering if the system implements a
>multiprocessor manager that allocates jobs across the cluster or if the
>nodes remain independent. I have a request in for more information, but
>was just wondering if anyone here had already started looking at these
>systems, or perhaps even obtained one, and can comment/advise?
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