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That's very good to hear. I will have to start the quote process this week, so any heads up with 'GridPP pricing' is very useful. BTW: How is the sweet spot defined? GBP per HS06 or something more elaborate? Cheers, Luke On 4 December 2013 22:02, jeremy maris <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > We have "GridPP pricing" for R720xd and MD1200 with 3TB disks coming tomorrow, also for C6145 and a variety of Intel processors. Sweet spot understood to be the E5-2650 v2. > > Jeremy > > -- > Jeremy Maris > IT Services University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QT > [log in to unmask] Tel: +44 (0)1273 678060 > > > > > On 4 Dec 2013, at 11:20, Wahid Bhimji wrote: > >> Hi Dave, >> >> (sorry for your loss) >> >> Since then I talked to my local Dell guy.. Stewart Dickson. He was very reassuring that Dell UK were joined up in their talking - that they were still planning to provide LHC favourable pricing to the UK and it would be the same to all sites - he was talking to Eric etc. >> >> He is supposed to come back to me with a quote - based on R720xd (replacement for R510) with optional MD1200s. (With 3TB disks) . >> He didn't do this on Monday but did let me know that this was because they needed special sign-off for the super amazing prices. >> I can write the detailed spec then based on that. So I think for the Dell side its covered - for SM I don't know the range - or if they need us specifying a config. But those who went out to tender already will be hearing back fairly soon so I think they're on the page. >> >> In conclusion, I think its OK - but we should keep talking to each other and them (as much as we can given the processes that will differ in places) >> >> Thanks >> >> Wahid >> >> >> On 4 Dec 2013, at 10:51, David Colling <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> Dear TB people, >>> >>> Some weeks ago we proposed a set of specs that would at least meet all >>> our purchasing requirements. So that if Dell could get "special pricing" >>> for that limited set of configurations then they would at least meet >>> what people are asking for in their tender/quotes. If this was then the >>> best buy or not would clearly be up to the different institutions, >>> however it would at least mean that we were getting the best possible >>> quote from dell. We should perhaps do the same thing for a supermicro >>> configuration (or two). in the interests of fairness. There was some >>> iteration on the storage but nothing that I saw on the CPU configuration >>> that we suggested. I know that Eric from Dell has put some work into >>> this. Through travelling/teaching and a family crisis (resulting in a >>> funeral on Monday) I have not spoken to Eric in a while (about 3 weeks) >>> which is rather embarrassing. >>> >>> I think that at the stage we are at we either forget this idea or move >>> it quickly to conclusion. I am at CERN in meetings all today so please >>> can I ask that somebody (Wahid being the obvious choice - sorry Wahid) >>> summarise the (I think 2) different storage options that we thought >>> people would be asking for. Please could I also ask Adam (sorry Adam - >>> the price you pay for passing on Eric's message to me ;-) )to suggest >>> concrete specs (model numbers and configurations) for other to comment >>> on. Finally do we have volunteers to do this for supermicro equipment >>> that we could distribute to the different SM suppliers so that we are >>> seen to have a fair process? >>> >>> Either we get this together in the next day or two or we forget it. >>> >>> Best, >>> david >>> >> >> >> -- >> The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in >> Scotland, with registration number SC005336. -- ********************************************************* Dr Lukasz Kreczko +44 (0)117 928 8724 CMS Group School of Physics University of Bristol *********************************************************