[cluster-l] Types of clusters

[Alexander Lazarevich]

We are in the process of assembling the following 8 node cluster:

8 x supermicro A+ Server AS1020A-T chassis
16 x AMD Opteron 250 processors
32 x 1GB dimms

We buy hardware from parts, in this case the mobo comes mounted in the 
chassis so we only have to assemble the procs and memory. We will be 
running microCT reconstructions and maya rendering on this cluster. Rack 
is a basic 42U from RackSolutions.com, cooling is 2.5 ton ceiling mounted 
leibert, room is 4271A Beckman which was recently renovated for ITG when 
we were kicked out of B650R. No cool website of our machine room, yet...

Alex
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   Alex Lazarevich | Systems Administrator | Imaging Technology Group
     Beckman Institute | University of Illinois | www.itg.uiuc.edu
                405 North Mathews Avenue Urbana IL 61801
            Ph: (217) 244-1565 | Email: alazarev at itg.uiuc.edu
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On Fri, 21 Jul 2006, Tim Skirvin wrote:

>        I ask this partially as a conversation starter, and mostly because
> I really am curious:
>
>        How many people on this list are running some kind of compute
> cluster?  For those running one or more, what are you running - size,
> processor type, purpose, cooling method?
>
>        Our setup is here:
>
>        http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Development/Computers/Cluster/
>
>                            - Tim Skirvin (tskirvin at ks.uiuc.edu)
> --
>   Theoretical and Computational    http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~tskirvin/
> Biophysics, Beckman Institute, UIUC    Senior Systems Administrator
>