Over the next few week, I hope to document the installation process in order to start a conversation about best practices, software options and general manageability. I hope you will stay tuned and be critical of my choices. Please post comments with all your pointers and suggestions.
Specs:
- 31x node cluster
- dual-socket quadcore 2.53GHz processors
- 2 processors/node = 8 cores/node = 248 cores total
- infiniband interconect
- 12TB of storage
- 42U Rack, 1U KMM/KVM, 3000VA UPS 208 Volt
- 2x PowerEdge R610 for head and storage nodes
- 2x PowerVault MD1000 for storage
- 29x PowerEdge R410 compute nodes
- QDR switch & DDR HBA InfiniBand Fabric from Qlogic
- PowerConnect 6248 gigE switch
- off-site disk-to-disk backup
5 comments:
What is this mammoth for? Certainly not this site... Do you run a cloud computing company as a hobby too?
This system will be used for physics simulation.
I'm incredibly jealous
Any update on status? Completed burn-in? Loaded OS, named systems and placed on network?
I'm currently waiting on an electrician to deliver on four L6-30 outlets. It's killing me! Now I will always put in power requests a month in advance. Stay tuned. I'll post next about software choices.
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