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RatLabGuy

RatLabGuy

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For you geeks
got a quick visit of the (non-classified) High-Performance Computing Center main cluster system today.
9 TB of memory and 44,000 quad Xenon cores, 350 pentaflops.
"only" consumes 1.4 Megawatts of power, lol.

It sits right next to where the ENIAC was built and ran ;-)

Also found out we have one of the original 13 nameservers here. I feel kind of special now.
 
RatLabGuy said:
..."only" consumes 1.4 Megawatts of power
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1.21 Jiggawatts?!!?!? Sorry... couldnt resist.

My dad is a systems analyst / programmer so I inherited a little bit of computer geek. Last time the family went to DC we made a special trip to see a computer exhibit and part of the ENIAC at the Smithsonian.
 
Is that power rating at full load or idle? How many power supplies? How are they measuring the power comsumption?

Also, 9TB of drive space or 9TB of RAM?

Also, is it a cloud computing cluster or a large parallel processing mathematical cluster?

Operating system? Linux/BSD/Plan 9


-- Interesting toy
J
 
9TB of drive space?? What is this, 1986?

If he's got 44 *thousand* discrete quad Xeons w/1GB a piece, that's around 44TB of memory. Heck, they've got around 100GB of L2 cache alone.
 
dmoore714 said:
1.21 Jiggawatts?!!?!? Sorry... couldnt resist.
My dad is a systems analyst / programmer so I inherited a little bit of computer geek. Last time the family went to DC we made a special trip to see a computer exhibit and part of the ENIAC at the Smithsonian.
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Damn you got to it before me.:lol:
 
I bet it uses one hell of a surge protector.
 
saf-t scissors said:
9TB of drive space?? What is this, 1986?

If he's got 44 *thousand* discrete quad Xeons w/1GB a piece, that's around 44TB of memory. Heck, they've got around 100GB of L2 cache alone.
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If it's a large number cruncher, it doesn't need LOADS of drive space or memory. It needs a way to split large mathematical formulas across multiple processors. A cloud system, on the other hand, would have more memory needs, but not drive space needs (the SAN is considered a separate entity).

J
 
hobie said:
Is that power rating at full load or idle? How many power supplies? How are they measuring the power comsumption?

Also, 9TB of drive space or 9TB of RAM?

Also, is it a cloud computing cluster or a large parallel processing mathematical cluster?

Operating system? Linux/BSD/Plan 9


-- Interesting toy
J
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- Prob just ave rating, I dunno, they just said that's what i twas and they had to stop adding there b/c the local infrastructure couldn't handle supplying any more power... but their working on that now ;-) I can tell you out back of the building is about 20 transformers and huge ass fans
- 9 TB of RAM. Pfft come on anybody could get 9 tb of drive space for < $1k
- lareg parallel computing ,but can be run as cluster if needed
- Linux

I applied for my account to work on it within 15 mins of getting back to my office. Now i just need to come up w/ a good need for it.
 
Sounds like a nice computer. It would be rather humorous if it were hooked to a 15" CRT monitor.
 
RatLabGuy said:
For you geeks
got a quick visit of the (non-classified) High-Performance Computing Center main cluster system today.
9 TB of memory and 44,000 quad Xenon cores, 350 pentaflops.
"only" consumes 1.4 Megawatts of power, lol.
It sits right next to where the ENIAC was built and ran ;-)
Also found out we have one of the original 13 nameservers here. I feel kind of special now.
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what would that be in horsepower:confused:
 
Why so much memory?...























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I was looking at one similar to that but I settled for the Toshiba Satellite so the wife could use it for school. I mean whats the difference in the end if your on dial-up the fancy computer would be just as slow LOL. Sounds like a hell of a machine. I would be happy with a TB of external memory LOL.
 
My computer has 94 buttons on the keyboard, some flashing lights, and two speakers!!!! Suck on that!!
 
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