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> Hi Niyanta,
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> What lightsheet instrument and what is the size of your typical dataset? Is
> your processing pipeline primarily for segmentation or multiview
> deconvolution? This will dictate, to a large extent, the kind of memory and
> CPU you need.
>
> An RTX 2080ti or Titan RTX will be competitively performant but much
> cheaper than a Quadro card, which offers no benefits for an image analysis
> workflow unless you're running virtual machines. If your workflow is
> primarily single view deconvolution, multiple GPUs can also be a huge boon
> in terms of processing throughput, especially if individual volumes can fit
> in 11 GB of VRAM since you can fill a large workstation to bursting with
> 2080ti's for the price of 1 Quadro card. Even 2x Titan RTX can be had for
> less than the price of 1x Quadro 6000.
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> Depending on the specific piece of software, many will not scale
> efficiently to >16 cores and a faster clocked CPU with fewer cores may be
> advantageous. If you can benchmark it on a high core count system, that
> should show whether your pipelines are able to keep that many cores fed
> before running into algorithmic, disk access or memory throughput
> bottlenecks.
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> Best,
> Pavak
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> On Tue, Jan 14, 2020, 1:27 PM Niyanta Kumar <
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> > Hi all,
> > I plan to get a workstation that can handle confocal and lightsheet data
> > analysis using Imaris and/or Arivis. Lightsheet data clearly has the
> higher
> > bar/needs in terms of specs. Below are the specs I am considering. Can
> you
> > please let me know if you have any recommendations?
> >
> > Lenovo Think Station P920
> > 3.7 GHz CPUs (Intel) 48 cores
> > Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 or 8000
> > 4 X 3 TB of local SSD (multiple drives - one for the OS, one for writing,
> > one for reading)
> > RAM: 500 GB
> > Monitor: dual 1920 x 1200
> > 300 TB NAS via 10 GB ethernet – file sharing
> > Mouse: 3 button wheel
> >
> > Monitor: thinking of a dual Lenovo Think Vision P32u-10 but it doesn’t
> > have a full array LED. Any suggestions? I hear the curved monitors can
> > cause issues with display when sharing screens over Webex etc.
> > Thanks,
> > Niyanta
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