Virginia Tech PowerMac G5 to Xserve G5 Upgrade
Virginia Tech officially announced that they will be migrating their G5 Supercomputer from PowerMac G5s to Xserves.
According to the article, the Xserve G5s will reduce power consumption, heat production and decrease the system size by a factor of three. The pricing of the upgrade is still being determined, and according to Srinidhi Varadarajan, they are working on getting "very good homes" for the PowerMac G5s which will be replaced.
A Page 2 MacRumors report first mentioned the Xserve upgrade, with subsequent confirmation from ThinkSecret.
According to the article, the Xserve G5s will reduce power consumption, heat production and decrease the system size by a factor of three. The pricing of the upgrade is still being determined, and according to Srinidhi Varadarajan, they are working on getting "very good homes" for the PowerMac G5s which will be replaced.
A Page 2 MacRumors report first mentioned the Xserve upgrade, with subsequent confirmation from ThinkSecret.
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105 months ago
Very nice i have to say i have room for a spare g5 if they want to chuck one my way lol :)
105 months ago
Originally posted by Macrumors
... according to Srinidhi Varadarajan, they are working on getting "very good homes" for the PowerMac G5s which will be replaced.
I wonder if that means they'll be having a big Virginia Tech garage sale or that the PowerMacs will be going to other departments. That would be kind of cool owning one of them- saying that you had part of the third fastest computer in the world.
Squire
105 months ago
I have a perfect place for one (or a few) of their used G5s. I guarantee it will be put toward good use in an educational setting (ie my school work). I promise to put it gently to sleep every night, say hello to it every morning, and make sure it gets everything it needs.
Gimme!
Gimme!
105 months ago
Originally posted by Squire
I wonder if that means they'll be having a big Virginia Tech garage sale or that the PowerMacs will be going to other departments. That would be kind of cool owning one of them- saying that you had part of the third fastest computer in the world.
Squire
I want one, and heck I'll come by a lab flunky for them if they want, I'm gonna need a job soon enough...
105 months ago
The G5 XServes feature dual ethernet interfaces. Since the G5 PowerMacs in VA Tech's Big Mac utilise PCI ethernet cards I wonder if those cards will be transfered to the XServes or if they are needed at all.
105 months ago
Is it possible that this change could increase performance?
It seems that if the components are smaller and closer together, that the overall performance might get a bit closer to it's theoretical maximum speed.
It seems that if the components are smaller and closer together, that the overall performance might get a bit closer to it's theoretical maximum speed.
105 months ago
Dear Virginia Tech,
Could you please send me one of those PowerMacs?
I promise to give it a really good home
:)
Could you please send me one of those PowerMacs?
I promise to give it a really good home
:)
105 months ago
Originally posted by Sol
The G5 XServes feature dual ethernet interfaces. Since the G5 PowerMacs in VA Tech's Big Mac utilise PCI ethernet cards I wonder if those cards will be transfered to the XServes or if they are needed at all.
VAtech is using infiniband. It's faster/lower latency than ethernet. Likely they'll just move the cards over.
But why not keep 2/3's of the towers, replace 1/3 with xServe G5's and end up with like 1700 boxen. Mmm.
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