Just a question, but has anyone who has ever used this type of cooling ever experienced any types of condensation problems on the outside of their cooling equipment? I would think with the variations in temperature that there would be some moisture buildup.
Actually, even $75,000 a year is something. Companies in a crunch (including mine) are looking for ANY WAY to cut costs. The easiest thing to explain to management is the bottom line. It's the helpdesk costs later that will have management scratching its head on why it really didn't save anything...:)
"as for pc's, NOBODY is doing large model work on them".
Actually, yes, many companies, including the one I'm consulting for are switching to PC's for large geometry loads. Our test and evaluation guys are getting Win2K boxes on a daily basis. These machines in real benchmarks run faster than the Sun/SGI/HP machines. Some substantially faster.
Most major software vendors are porting their CAD applications to PC's, because that's where the money is.
There are a few bigger companies out there who are refusing to make the switch, but give 'em 10 years or so. As their competition saves a million dollars a year because they switched to PC's, they'll start to take notice...
I currently work in the engineering field as a consultant for a major software vendor. Users are migrating in droves to PC's, because they're cheaper, and believe it or not, faster.
Check out the benchmarks at this site. The scores reflect the time in seconds it took the computer to run a specific sequence of pre-defined events. AMD and Intel are KILLING Sun when it comes to price VS performance.
I'm really not sure what Sun can do to stop the tidal wave that appears to be heading toward them. In the early 90's, engineering workstations were REQUIRED for high-end work such as CAD, but nowadays, you can get the same (or better) performance with a sub-$5,000 machine with a great graphics card.
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Just a question, but has anyone who has ever used this type of cooling ever experienced any types of condensation problems on the outside of their cooling equipment? I would think with the variations in temperature that there would be some moisture buildup.
Actually, even $75,000 a year is something. Companies in a crunch (including mine) are looking for ANY WAY to cut costs. The easiest thing to explain to management is the bottom line. It's the helpdesk costs later that will have management scratching its head on why it really didn't save anything... :)
Actually, yes, many companies, including the one I'm consulting for are switching to PC's for large geometry loads. Our test and evaluation guys are getting Win2K boxes on a daily basis. These machines in real benchmarks run faster than the Sun/SGI/HP machines. Some substantially faster.
Most major software vendors are porting their CAD applications to PC's, because that's where the money is.
There are a few bigger companies out there who are refusing to make the switch, but give 'em 10 years or so. As their competition saves a million dollars a year because they switched to PC's, they'll start to take notice...
They already do. SolidWorks, Pro/ENGINEER, AutoCAD (obviously), Unigraphics, blah, blah, blah, all have PC ports now.
Check out the benchmarks at this site. The scores reflect the time in seconds it took the computer to run a specific sequence of pre-defined events. AMD and Intel are KILLING Sun when it comes to price VS performance.
I'm really not sure what Sun can do to stop the tidal wave that appears to be heading toward them. In the early 90's, engineering workstations were REQUIRED for high-end work such as CAD, but nowadays, you can get the same (or better) performance with a sub-$5,000 machine with a great graphics card.