User:Sam Odio/Stuff/My Computers/Beowulf
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Updates
May 16th @ 6:00PM (EST) - I have abondoned the Beowulf project. It was a problem in search of a solution. Instead, I've renamed this server and I am using it to help mother serve bluwiki pages. See Bluwiki:Ashelley. --Sam Odio
Dec. 11th @ 5:00 PM (EST) - All the components of the master node have arrived. However, the 2U chassis does not come with a 300W powersupply (as stated in the specs) and the JetWay A200GDMS Socket 754 ATX AMD Motherboard is not ATX, but Micro-ATX (which won't work). So I've returned both, and are now waiting on replacements. --Sam Odio
Dec. 1st @ 12:00 PM (EST) - I have purchased all the components for the master node from newegg (yay!) - if you want further details, click the newegg product link to the right of each item (see specs - below). --Sam Odio
About
I am planning on building a Beowulf clustered "super" computer.
- A super computer is defined by WikiPedia as one that leads the world in terms of processing capacity, particularly speed of calculation, at the time of its introduction.
- I'm not sure if my beowulf will meet that defination - but I will give it my best shot...
Server Purpose
Haven't found one yet... any ideas? Email me.
Server Specs
4-8 2U diskless Nodes
- AMD Moblie Athalon 64 3000+ Processor
- 1 GB DDR 400 (PC2700) Ram
- JetWay A200GDMS Socket 754 ATX AMD Motherboard
- Onboard video ATI Radeon XPRESS 200
- 10/100 Onboard ethernet
- I am debating taking 1 GB of the ram out and adding two 80GB hard drives
- I would like 10/100/1000 onboard ethernet
- Price per node: $450
Master node
2 U Server chassis [1]- Replaced with a black 2U chassis, similar model.
- AMD Moblie Athalon 64 3000+ Processor [2] & heatsink [3]
- 1 GB DDR 400 (PC2700) Ram [4]
Jet Way A200GDMS Socket 754 ATX AMD Motherboard [5]- Replaced with Microstar K8M800
- 2 (Raid 1) Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JD 80GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drives [6]
- I would like 10/100/1000 onboard ethernet
- Server price: $580
Beowulf Resources
Resources I have found on clustered computing:
- http://www.beowulf.org/ - Beowulf community, includes a mailing list
- http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/Beowulf/beowulf_book/beowulf_book/node1.html - Beowulf book by Robert G Brown
- I've found building a beowulf to be the most useful chapter in that book.
- http://www.linuxHPC.org - can be useful, mostly a link farm to other resources
