Thank-you for the quick replies:

-The budget is between 5000 and 10000 dollars
-No massive data sets <150mb
-Simulations will generally not be run in parallel (we can plan for it)
-Multicore is desirable though not necessary (just to have the option should
two of us need it)
-16gb of ram would be sufficient
-the server will be administered on site
-we do have some security requirements if we want to store data on this
server though I know there are plans in place specifically for the sensitive
data

Thanks again (first time posting on an R list - though I've been reading for
years)

Hannes

I will check out the amazon option and suggest it.

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