More Confirmation of Virginia Tech Supercomputer
CNet provides some more details of the cluster, which will be interconnected through Infiniband switches from Mellanox Technologies, a cooling system from Liebert, and switches from Cisco.
The cluster, first reported by ThinkSecret, is anticipated to to be ranked amongst the top Five fastest in the world and is under a deadline to get ranked in the Top 500 List.
Virginia Tech emailed students that there will be an information session on September the 4th, according to a Slashdot posting. Another post provides some more details of the project.
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"I am currently a student at Virginia Tech close to the G5 cluster project. The following is all i know about it:
Tech has ordered 1100 2GHz G5's, but only 1000 are for use in the cluster. The remaining 100 are incase the cluster does not meet the predicted benchmarks. As for the benchmarks, if all goes to plan, it will be the third fastest computer in the world. The computers are all base-models, except for 4GB of RAM in each box. The networking will be done with specialized cards not provided by Apple that will supposedly be 2 to 3 times faster than Fiber Channel. All the G5's were purchased at regular education price, although Apple gave Tech a price break on the RAM. The computers were ordered the day the G5 was announced, so it is unlikely that of the tens of thousands of pre-orders, the 1100 would cause any noticable backup. The shipments will be coming in burst, with 400 having arrived today.
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The networking will be done with specialized cards not provided by Apple that will supposedly be 2 to 3 times faster than Fiber Channel.
Then what are they if they are not Fiber Channel?
http://www.infinibandta.org/specs/faq/
up to 30Gbits per second of transfer rate
OUr cluster uses Myrinet:
http://www.myri.com/myrinet/overview/index.html
2+2Gigabit per second
See my post on the other thread talkng about the interconnects from our cluster admin.
Neilt
As for the benchmarks, if all goes to plan, it will be the third fastest computer in the world. The computers are all base-models, except for 4GB of RAM in each box. The networking will be done with specialized cards not provided by Apple that will supposedly be 2 to 3 times faster than Fiber Channel.
sounds pretty sweet
Originally posted by mainstreetmark
But, what are they gonna DO with this thing?
read the cnet article.......
Originally posted by mainstreetmark
But, what are they gonna DO with this thing?
one word... 4 letters, starts with a 'p', ends with 'orn'. :o
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