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== Big-FE - A cost and power efficient platform for high performance computing ==
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== Big-FE - A cost and power efficient platform for high performance computing education ==
  
 
Alex Lemann(*), Josh McCoy(*), Charles Peck.  Cluster Computing Group, Earlham College.
 
Alex Lemann(*), Josh McCoy(*), Charles Peck.  Cluster Computing Group, Earlham College.
  
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Abstract:
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There is a shortage of high performance computing resources for educational use.  Big-FE, short for Focus on Education, is a complete design and prototype for a cost effective, electrically efficient, scalable high performance computing resource.  Big-FE's design is a synergy of the classic Beowulf
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commodity-off-the-shelf cluster philosophy and the commercial, proprietary blade approach to computational cluster design.  Big-FE leverages the strengths of each approach to provide a cost effective computing platform for computational science education.
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=Notes=
 
* Topics to include:
 
* Topics to include:
 
** Power consumption
 
** Power consumption

Revision as of 14:50, 12 May 2006

Big-FE - A cost and power efficient platform for high performance computing education

Alex Lemann(*), Josh McCoy(*), Charles Peck. Cluster Computing Group, Earlham College.

Abstract:

There is a shortage of high performance computing resources for educational use. Big-FE, short for Focus on Education, is a complete design and prototype for a cost effective, electrically efficient, scalable high performance computing resource. Big-FE's design is a synergy of the classic Beowulf commodity-off-the-shelf cluster philosophy and the commercial, proprietary blade approach to computational cluster design. Big-FE leverages the strengths of each approach to provide a cost effective computing platform for computational science education.

Notes

  • Topics to include:
    • Power consumption
    • Packaging and density
    • Cost of purchasing
    • Cost of ownership