[Wrf-users] How many processors?

[Mikhail Titov]

N.B. I'm sorry that I repeat my question,
but I hope that I'll receive some additional replies
as most part of WRF-users had their Christmas vacations
when I sent this message first time.


> Dear WRF-users,
>
> We plan to buy a new cluster machine to run
>
> WRF in MPP mode. I would like to ask a couple of questions:
>
> 1. How many processors (Opteron, for instance)
>
>    would it be sensible for us to buy to run WRF (in mesoscale spatial
>
>    resolution for New Zealand) over 3 - 14 model days (we don't plan
>
>   to use WRF for climate research);
>
> 2. What is it better for us to have, from the point of view of WRF run
> speed -
>
>     more CPUs per machine or more machines with a smaller number of
> CPUs?
>
> Any help are highly appreciable.
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> Mike Titov
>
> (University of Canterbury,
>
> Christchurch, New Zealand)
>
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