The Official TeAm Anandtech BEOWULF Thread. Donations Welcome.

[networkman]

Bad news.. unfortunately, my proposal to rent warehouse space was turned down.

On the plus side, I've decided to convert half of my garage(not attached) into a computer room! :Q

I'll be starting on this little project on Sunday and I figure it'll be about 6 or 7 weeks until it's up an running; don't worry though, I'll run the rigs in the basement until it's finished. Fortunately, I've already got electricity and (6) runs of CAT5e going out there.

 

[networkman]

This thread needs a BUMP and besides, one HUGE package of stuff is on the way!

 

[LANMAN]

Originally posted by: Evadman
Will the setup still work with say, 400 or 500 mhz celly's? Or do they have to be 550's?

400 or 500's will work. But we'll always use 550's

--LANMAN

 

[LANMAN]

Ok everyone here's the scoop on what has arrived so far:

SOUND
1- ISA Sound Card

VIDEO
15- PCI Video Cards

NETWORKING
1- PCI 3Com 3C595-TX 10/100 NIC
1- ISA 3Com 10/100 NIC
16- OEM Intel NICs 10/100
2- Asound NICs 10/100
2- SMC NICs 10/100

ALL 10/100 NIC's!! Excellent!!

Total: 22

1- Asound 16 port rackmount 10/100 SWITCH

MOTHERBOARDS
1- DUAL BP6 with one 533Mhz Celery and 128Meg (anyone have a 2nd 533 Celery laying around, if not I'll get it off of pricewatch.)
1- DUAL Asus P2B-D Slot one Celery's (what speed I don't know yet, but will find out) and RAM (don't know what size yet)
1- DUAL BP6 with two 333's o/c to 550 with 128Meg

MEMORY

1- 32Meg PC 100
1- 64Meg PC 100
2- 128 Meg PC100

FLOPPY DRIVES
22- 3.5" Standard Floppy Drives

POWER SUPPLIES

7- ATS150 ATX Power Supplies

HARD DRIVES

10- Unknown hard drives ranging from 400M to 1.2G (I'll check this weekend for more accurate sizes)



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I will update this list as things start to arrive. We need more CPU's and mobo's if anyone else has a few laying around. I still have quite a few parts at home that haven't been inventoried. :Q But in due time.

Thanks again for all of those who have sent their donations! (I left out the names of the donators, but if you would like me to edit the list to include you name and the items you donated please send me a PM.)

--LANMAN

 

[CADsortaGUY]

LANMAN - I have a 533 sitting here that I'll throw in the box. I'm taking the mini-crackrack apart this weekend to send the board and such I pledged

Hopefully I'll get everything sent out Monday

CADkindaGUY

 

[LANMAN]

Originally posted by: CADkindaGUY
LANMAN - I have a 533 sitting here that I'll throw in the box. I'm taking the mini-crackrack apart this weekend to send the board and such I pledged

Hopefully I'll get everything sent out Monday

CADkindaGUY

GREAT !!!

More power for the BEOWULF !!!

--LANMAN

 

[Evadman]

I am waiting on a bp6 that I bought in FS/FT then my boxes will be going out

 

[Confused]

I have a pair of 400s without a board if they're needed that i will part with if a board can be found They won't overclock very well and won't hit the 1/3rd PCI divider on the board

Tho if i can find myself a(nother) cheap BP6 i will keep them

but if that doesnt happen (and it'll probably look that way!) then i will send them on over

Confused

 

[Assimilator1]

Hey mate ,do you scan Micrmarts 2nd hand adverts? ,they had a BP6 in there the other week.

 

[Shuxclams]

Here is a list of items that have been pledged, if there is more please let me know so I can update them:



shuxclams:
2 - BP6
4 - Celeron 366@550
4 - HS/F
1 - 4MB Trident PCI video card
1 - 4MB S3 Trio64 DX PCI video card
1 - 2MB Cirrus Logic VGA PCI
3 - 256MB PC100
1 - 128MB PC100
1 - 24x CD-ROM
1 - FDD Drive

Bot2600:
2 - Celeron 366@550

CADkindaGUY:
1 - BP6
2 - Celeron 366@550
2 - HS/F
1 - 128/256MB PC???
1 - 145w PS

LANMAN:
1 - BP6
2 - Celeron 366@550
2 - HS/F
1 - 256/512MB PC???

networkman:
16 - Intel OEM nics(various Intel chipsets)
2 - Asound nics(Realtek 8139 chipset)
2 - SMC nics(Digital 21140 chipset)
1 - Asound 16port rackmount 10/100 switch
6 - Magitronic 2meg PCI vid(S3 Trio64 chipset)
4 - Magitronic 2meg PCI vid(Trident 9680-1 chipset)
12 - Mitsumi/Newtronic 1.44 floppy drives
7 - ATS150 ATX power supplies

ShotGunSteve
? - 128MB RAM

Zim Hosein
2 - 128MB PC133

Migroo
3 - NIC's

Freewolf:
3 - PCI VGA cards

Eltano1:
2 - 200w PS

bunker:
1 - PCI VGA Card
1 - 128MB PC100

bob970:
2 - ???w PS

muttley:
2 - 200+w PS

engineer:
4 - PCI video cards
1 - 64MB PC100
1 - 32MB PC100

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[/b]Donations made:
$25 - Engineer
$20 - CADkindaGUY

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SHUX

 

[Shuxclams]

Keeping it up..... so to speak.................













SHUX

 

[Engineer]

A few other links from other forums discussing Beowulf clusters and the likes.....(and a bump for this thread too)

http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=102103&highlight=cluster

http://www.amdforums.com/showthread.php?s=4dc24a3c6dcfb1aa34147458d028404e&threadid=147541

(side note: if you haven't heard of AMDMB.COM or their SETI Team, you will.....look at the # of WU's those guys pump out per day.......they are a few million back, but rocketing up the charts! :Q)

http://forums.2cpu.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=15863&highlight=beowulf

 

[LANMAN]

Nice find!

That crack rack is cool, but is it just me or is it leaning a bit? :Q Must be where the 2x packs of sticky pad come in.

--LANMAN

 

[LANMAN]

I spent a good part of my weekend tearing apart PC's and came up with quite a load of NIC's, video, floppies and such. I should have some good numbers!

(another bump)

--LANMAN

 

[Assimilator1]

Engineer
I have heard of them ,I post there occasionally ,I havent really tracked there output ,when I 1st looked the other day they had done about 4.5k WU's ,is this their normal?.
Btw I'll add them to the daily stats to keep an eye on them

 

[networkman]

I tore apart a bunch of PCs this weekend too, so if the project needs more nics, just let me know.

 

[Shuxclams]

I will be sending my stuff out as soon as I have money to do so, kinda really broke at the moment, so it'll be out asap.













SHUX

 

[muttley]

i'll pay shipping. How much u need and paypal account.

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: muttley
i'll pay shipping. How much u need and paypal account.

Now thats what I call a good idea.....One person can donate something and others share in shipping....a great result in the end and everyone shares in the resources.

I think it's a great gesture and idea by muttley!

Go TeAm!

more....more....more!

Oh, the memory, 128M PC100, is on sale for $17.99 with a $10.00 MIR ($7.99 + tax after rebate) at OfficeMax (Bricks and mortar only) again. I stopped by today and they were out but I'll check back every day this week

They also have APC 350VA UPS's for $19.99 out the door....not sure if this projects needs one (or more), but this price is incredible!

 

[muttley]

I'm procrastinating sorry I haven't sent my 2 250 power supplys.

 

[Evadman]

I sent out my crap today.

BP6 mainboard
2 x 32 megs of memory
video card (s3 virge)
bunch of mice ( for fun!)

It hink I am forgetting something, but who cares! LanMan has to put it all together anyway

 

[muttley]

Engineer or someone where do u get the UPS units out the door for 19.99????
I looked on the web site for the sale adds and dont see anything.
Please help I have to drive 70 miles to a officemax.

mutley

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: muttley
Engineer or someone where do u get the UPS units out the door for 19.99????
I looked on the web site for the sale adds and dont see anything.
Please help I have to drive 70 miles to a officemax.

mutley

muttley,

It's at the STORE only, not online, Most stores sold out of them so fast and most would not get more before the sale ended...figures. It's the little black APC model that sorta looks like a surge strip more than a traditional stand up unit. Good Luck in finding them....not sure if it's regional or not...but it is listed in my local OfficeMax sales paper from Sunday.

Good Luck....and call first!

APC 350VA Battery Backup

 

[Crazee]

Originally posted by: LANMAN


Then I get one of those looks from my wife, "what are you doing with all of that?"

Oh boy....

--LANMAN

My response to that one is always "What are you doing with all those shoes?"

 

[nagger]

I've got a couple of 64 Mb PC100 DIMM's and a few (3 or 4) 32 Mb PC100 DIMM's...

I can ship them to the US using normal By-Air mail in those nifty cardboard packages.

If someone PM's me the address I can ship them until the end of August