The Official TeAm Anandtech BEOWULF Thread. Donations Welcome.

[networkman]

PM on the way nagger.

 

[Engineer]

I don't know if this would be needed or if it's even available in LANMAN's area, but Big Lots has pine wood shelves, 5 shelves - 71" x 36" x 13" (includes hardware, assembly required) for $19.99 + Tax. I'm thinking you could fit 10 of the motherboards and maybe the switch underneath per shelf unit....?

Possible?

more...more...more! :Q

 

[networkman]

There's a couple "Big Lots" in my area - I'll go take a look this evening.

 

[LANMAN]

Wow, a lot of posts since last night. Feel like I'm slacking behind! (Thanks for covering me networkman)

I worked all day yesterday until 10pm then a few hours of sleep, came back in at 12:00a until 4am to work on the servers, then back to work at noon. Whew..

I have another PIII 700 Xeon server coming in at the end of the month. Guaranteed it will be running SETI 24/7.

--LANMAN

 

[Engineer]

I just picked up one of the Big Lot's shelves for myself, and it seems ideal (IMO) for a rack!

It's solid, pre-drilled and includes all the screws/hardware to assemble. May even stain it to make it purdy!

Maybe a few more could donate a few dollars to pick up a few of these

(Please! )

 

[LANMAN]

---> Wishing he had a "Big Lot" in his local area.

--LANMAN

 

[Engineer]

BigLot's Locator

You can view any local Big Lot's location and also the sales flyer for that location at the above link. The shelf is on page #3 of my local flyer.

Good Luck!

 

[LANMAN]

Ah, They got it on sale here too! Whoot!!

I'll have to stop in there and see if they have anymore on sale.

Nice find!!

--LANMAN

 

[Engineer]

Not so much for our Beowulf project, but here is a great way to run two motherboards off one power supply (ATX) with photos and a good writeup on how to do it....very nice...

Two Mobo's on one Power Supply...for the rack people

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Originally posted by: Engineer
Not so much for our Beowulf project, but here is a great way to run two motherboards off one power supply (ATX) with photos and a good writeup on how to do it....very nice...

Two Mobo's on one Power Supply...for the rack people

Yeah that is one way to do it When I did mine for the BP6s (I don't use it anymore because I needed the 350W PSU for my XP1600 ) But what I did was to open the PSU and solder a whole new lead to the board. My thoughts were that the cheap wire used in those leads weren't sufficient to handle the load of 2 boards so stole a lead from a burned out PSU and soldered that guy right in.

He is right about the #17 lead. Make sure you disconnect it on 1 of the 2 leads Also his "grey" wire I think is lead #3 which I also disconnected on one of the leads. I'll check tonight to make sure it is lead #3.

I wish I had pics but I don't ...yet When I get an extra PSU I'll do it again. I'd do it to ones I already have but I doubt it'd power a 1.33 T-bird and an XP chip

WU!!WU!!WU!!

CADkindaGUY

 

[Migroo]

LANMAN you have mail on the way! (My contribution)

...and BUMP!

 

[LANMAN]

Thanks Migroo!!


--LANMAN

 

[Engineer]

Our BeoWulf now has a name:

ENTERPRISE--ENTIRE TeAm EFFORT REALIZING PROCESSOR POWER IN SEARCH OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS

Also...a bump to get life back into this little TeAm project!

more...more....more! :Q

 

[LANMAN]

Alright, I have a little bit of time to keep everyone updated:

BEOWULF's new home is getting fit with new electrical outlets in a few days. While the contractors are working on that, I will start getting a idea on how to assemble the mobo's that have arrived with the shelf unit. (Found a spare already in the basement ).

I haven't used the pay pal money yet, but it will come in handy for the second shelf in a few weeks.

Thanks Migroo for your contribution!! Very much appreciated!!

That's all for now...

--LANMAN

 

[networkman]

LANMAN, I'll be sending out those good surge protectors next week - gotta make sure our crackrack investment is protected properly.

 

[Migroo]

Originally posted by: LANMAN
Thanks Migroo for your contribution!! Very much appreciated!!

--LANMAN

Has it arrived then?

 

[Engineer]

How are we on network cable?

Thought this was a pretty good deal!

1000 feet CAT5 cable, 100 ends, crimper and tester...$44.00 + shipping!

Also...found this...

A pair of 366@550 Celerons for $36.00 shipped! Sounds good to me!

 

[LANMAN]

I have two boxes of CAT5 already on order for a project I have to do in a few weeks, so I'm sure there will be plenty left over.

That's a good price though...

--LANMAN

--BUMP --->

 

[nexusnine]

Cool project - when are we gonna start seeing some pictures?

Have you decided anything about what distro you're gonna run? Still need a sysadmin? I've set up quite a few RH kickstart servers & would gladly donate my config files.

-Nexus9

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Can we get a list of what is still needed? I just found a source for some stuff.

 

[LANMAN]

Out of everything we still need motherboards and CPU's; Donations were given 32, 64, and 128Meg sticks, but I don't have anything to put them in. (Yet... )

For all those BP6 users out there.. still using it?

Nexsusnine,

I'll shoot some pic's later this weekend for ya!

Meanwhile, I'm off to Fargo to scope out more material for the rack. (It's been a little busy at the office these last few weeks. )

--LANMAN

 

[LANMAN]

THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE NOW

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

11- drives ranging from 400M to 1.2G

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Is this what you have, or what is still needed?

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteve
Is this what you have, or what is still needed?

That is what we have...but I think Networkman has the rest of the power supplies and the NICs.....but I would verify that with him first!

Hey nwm...you got some stuff too?

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Well, the individual I found has PC100 in 128 MB increments, and may have procs as well.