You won’t gain 8 times in one analysis. But you can run 8 analysis in roughly the same time you would do one.

From: freesurfer-bounces@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu [mailto:freesurfer-bounces@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Dabbs (Kevin)
Sent: quinta-feira, 21 de fevereiro de 2008 13:43
To: freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
Subject: [Freesurfer] Mac Pro Benchmark

Been running Freesurfer on Linux 2.0 GHz machines.  I like the results but need to increase through-put for a 500 subject run.  Got the money for a Mac Pro with 8 cores and 16 GB ram.  Is it likely that I will get an eight times gain in through-put?  Just need some kind of benchmark to determine a reasonable schedule for this job.

Thanks for any comments;
Kevin Dabbs
Dept. Neurology
Univ. Wisconsin-Madison