Hello, list,
I just thinking about a 2-nodes Beowulf for a CFD application that reads/writes
small amounts of data in random areas of RAM (non-cached translation). What
would be the difference in overall performance (I suppose, due to the memory
access time) between Q9650/ 8 GB DDR2-800 and i7
On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 4:11 PM, Mark Hahn wrote:
> that's local ipmi, which to me is quite beside the point. ipmi is valuable
> primarily for its out-of-band-ness - that is, you can get to it when the
> host is off or wedged.
True. I was just testing it locally before I tested remote.
>> you
On 5 Oct 2009, at 11:02 am, Tomislav Maric wrote:
OK, I guess then Ubuntu will suffice for a 12 node Cluster. :) Anyway,
I'll try it and see. Thanks!
We run Debian on our clusters, so you're definitely not the only
person using a Debian-based distro for your cluster.
Debian does have a ki
On Sun, Oct 04, 2009 at 02:56:33PM +0200, Tomislav Maric wrote:
> where can I get an "on/off" and "reset" switch for ATX motherboard
> without buying and ripping apart a case?
I no longer remember where I bought mine, but googling for "ATX power
switch" or the like will find you lots of options,
Mark Hahn wrote:
>> the other nodes are to be diskless.. I have separated these partitions:
>> /swap /boot / /var and /home. Is this ok?
>
> I don't believe there is much value in separating partitions like this.
> for instance, a swap partition has no advantage over a swap file,
> and the latte
Thanks Michael! If I'm going to use switches, I'll definitely get this
kit. :)
Best regards,
Tomislav
Michael Di Domenico wrote:
> You can get a full complement of switches and leds for under 10 bucks.
> Just search froogle for "atx power switch". I've purchased the
> StarTech kits in the past.
Nifty Tom Mitchell wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 04, 2009 at 01:08:27PM +0200, Tomislav Maric wrote:
>> Mark Hahn wrote:
I've seen Centos mentioned a lot in connection to HPC, am I making a
mistake with Ubuntu??
>>> distros differ mainly in their desktop decoration. for actually
>>> getting clus
2009/10/5 Mark Hahn :
> also, does anyone have thoughts about machineroom features that would
> support multiple generations, preferably without a lot of reno?
> for instance, we have mostly L6-30 power, which seems reasonably safe for
> commodity systems. but how about rack-back water cooling sy
in reference to recent mention of TDP and power planning,
what do you think the trend in the next few years will be?
5 years ago, people were talking about exponential increases
in power and power density - afaikt with straight faces.
that clearly didn't happen. in fact, dissipation has clearl
