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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Fellow torque users,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I'm curious if anyone is using dual - dual core AMD Opteron, nodes with torque and maui. If so, I would like to know of any difficulties or problems you might have experienced that seem to be unique (non-Intel/Xeon) to the architecture. Have you had any problems with cooling in packed rack clusters of 1U units? Do they produce more heat than dual-single core units? If so, is it significantly more or a small percentage per unit more?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Also, although the GHz range is less, how do these systems compare to Xeons? Here I am interested in total performance of the 1U system than just the CPU clock rate.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Any experiences would be welcome.</FONT>
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