<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Hey Thomas,</div><div><br></div><div>computer requirements depend a lot on the amount of data you record and process. I would say that having a powerful workstation is important, especially if you are just starting with light sheet microscopy. You are typically dealing with a lot of data that has to be moved around and loaded into software. Only once you have your imaging and processing pipelines set up, it can be transferred to a cluster. You could save some money on the processor, and you also don't need the fastest graphics card (CUDA is nice, though). Aim for enough RAM for your data plus fast hard drive / SSD space for moving data around.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Michael</div><div><br></div><br><div><div>On Jan 26, 2016, at 6:04 PM, Thomas Pujol <<a href="mailto:thomas.pujol@crg.eu">thomas.pujol@crg.eu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">Hello dear light sheet enthousiaste.<div><br></div><div>An email to fish advices regarding computer configuration.</div><div><br></div><div>I convince my boss that we need a super duper computer to process the spim data that we are producing and I want to know if the configuration advice by the open spim website is up to date(description below) or if I should/could aim for even bigger machine. Online, I also found the HP Z840 that can accomodate a tremendous amount of ram, any recommandation?</div><div><br></div><div>We have to choose between buying a work station with massive a amount ram or our private node on the institute cluster, does anyone has advice or feedback on previous expererience ?</div><div><div><br></div><div>thank you and may the light sheet be with you</div></div><div><br></div><div>cheers</div><div><br></div><div>thomas pujol</div><div><br></div><div><pre style="font-size: 12.6667px; font-family: 'Courier New', monospace; border: 1px dashed rgb(47, 111, 171); line-height: 1.1em; padding: 15px 20px; border-top-left-radius: 6px; border-top-right-radius: 6px; border-bottom-right-radius: 6px; border-bottom-left-radius: 6px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); ">Processor : <b>Two Intel Xeon Processor E5-2630</b> (<b>Six Core, 2.30GHz Turbo</b>, 15MB, 7.2 GT/s)
Memory : <b>128GB</b> (16x8GB) 1600MHz DDR3 ECC RDIMM
Hard Drive : <b>4x2TB</b> 3.5inch Serial ATA (7.200 Rpm) Hard Drive
HDD Controller : PERC H310 SATA/SAS Controller for Dell Precision
HDD Configuration : C1 SATA 3.5inch, 1-4 Hard Drives
Graphics : <b>Dual 2 GB NVIDIA Quadro 4000</b> (2cards w/ 2DP & 1DVI-I each) (2DP-DVI & 2DVI-VGA adapter) (MRGA17H)
Network : Intel X520-T2 Dual Port <b>10GbE Network Interface Card</b></pre></div></div>
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