Hi Gordon,
get an AMD (the faster the good) and put a little more memory in
(512M-1G). (Learn scripting, if you do fMRI.)
We have a couple of AMD800 and are extremely happy.
For data storage I suggest to get an external RAID (level5)
device (such as Arena or Infortrend) in addition to your (smaller 20-30GB)
internal harddisk. There are suns that are faster - of course, but for
that price you get 3-4 AMD's. Also think about backup - a DLT8000 or
similar is advised for archiving and added data safety.
Best,
Peter
On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, g.waiter wrote:
> I have been asked to put together some recomendations for the spec of a
> computer to run SPM99.
>
> From the archive I found some PC specs which reccomend:
>
> RAM: 256mb
> HD: 36GB scsi
> OS: Linux
>
> There was no mention of processor or bus speed so I assume the faster
> the better,
> such as 1Ghz AMD, with a 133MHz motherboard.
>
> The other option of course is a SUN, probably an ULTRA SPARC 10.
>
> I was thinking about a 1GHz processor with 512mb RAM and 40GB IDE hard
> disc,
> possibly with dual boot, with SPM99 running on Linux and Windows on the
> other
> for convenience.
>
> As far as speed is concerned how would the PC compare to the SUN,
> assuming the
> PC is about 1/4 of the price of the SUN.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gordon
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