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=== Network === | === Network === | ||
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** Gigabit Ethernet fabric with switch | ** Gigabit Ethernet fabric with switch | ||
** 10 Gigabit Ethernet fabric | ** 10 Gigabit Ethernet fabric | ||
** Infiniband | ** Infiniband | ||
Revision as of 15:38, 15 December 2009
Damascus is the working name for the Earlham Computer Science Department's upcoming cluster computer.
At the moment Damascus exists only as a $40,000 grant and a growing list of specifications:
Contents
Budget
- $35,000 (leaving $5,000 for discretionary spending)
Nodes
- Intel Nehalem processors
- 4 core processors minimum
- Six cores still expensive
- 1.5GB RAM per core
Specialty Nodes
- Two nodes should support CUDA GPGPU
Network
- One of the following (in order of cost):
- Gigabit Ethernet fabric with switch
- 10 Gigabit Ethernet fabric
- Infiniband
