Server to run Fluent Simulations

Alan · September 1, 2010, 20:13

Hi,

I am looking to purchase a server to run Fluent simulations. I will be running supersonic, viscous simulations with meshes of size around 2million cells. The specs of the machine i'm looking at are:

2 x 6 core processors (intel xeon 2.66GHz)
16Gb ram
2 x 1Tb hard drive
1Gb nVidia graphics card

Will these specifications be sufficient? I have a budget of $8,500AUD, which this machine just falls under. Am I better off reducing the number of cores and increasing ram? Any other suggestions?

Thanks for your time,
Alan

Megatron · September 29, 2010, 07:59

Alan,

Your thinking is correct instead of going to 12 cores try 8 cores latest i7. It could give you better results. Increase the ram to 24, or if possible 32 gb. The latest nehalem architecture helps to make the system run faster.............

ronaldalau · December 1, 2010, 09:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by Megatron

Alan,

Your thinking is correct instead of going to 12 cores try 8 cores latest i7. It could give you better results. Increase the ram to 24, or if possible 32 gb. The latest nehalem architecture helps to make the system run faster.............

Don't forget to take into account the cost of 12 individual parallel licenses (~$18,000) vs 1 'HPC 8 PACK' (~$8000).

September 1, 2010, 20:13	Server to run Fluent Simulations	#1
Alan New Member Alan Harrland Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 21 Rep Power: 17	Hi, I am looking to purchase a server to run Fluent simulations. I will be running supersonic, viscous simulations with meshes of size around 2million cells. The specs of the machine i'm looking at are: 2 x 6 core processors (intel xeon 2.66GHz) 16Gb ram 2 x 1Tb hard drive 1Gb nVidia graphics card Will these specifications be sufficient? I have a budget of $8,500AUD, which this machine just falls under. Am I better off reducing the number of cores and increasing ram? Any other suggestions? Thanks for your time, Alan

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September 29, 2010, 07:59		#2
Megatron New Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 22 Rep Power: 15	Alan, Your thinking is correct instead of going to 12 cores try 8 cores latest i7. It could give you better results. Increase the ram to 24, or if possible 32 gb. The latest nehalem architecture helps to make the system run faster.............