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Folding Monster Machine

Post by haysdb » Mon Nov 10, 2003 11:57 am

This is the kind of hardware the Australian Overclockers bring to bare (bear?):

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Post by mas92264 » Mon Nov 10, 2003 12:21 pm

"Elegant simplicity" doesn't seem to apply here. Also, note that the mobo has integrated network and a 16 bit isa slot. Kinda uncommon?

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Post by DonP » Mon Nov 10, 2003 12:25 pm

Wow! Imagine a beowulf cluster of these..

oh.. nevermind.. been reading too much slashdot :)

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Post by Sledge » Mon Nov 10, 2003 12:30 pm

DonP wrote:Wow! Imagine a beowulf cluster of these..

oh.. nevermind.. been reading too much slashdot :)
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Post by CharlieChan » Mon Nov 10, 2003 12:56 pm

You will find details on how to setup such a farm in this thread.

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Post by Zyzzyx » Mon Nov 10, 2003 1:06 pm

Looks like a noisy bunch.

Such excellent clearance to the top of the CPU fan too. Must make for some GREAT airflow.

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Post by TRC-13 » Mon Nov 10, 2003 1:52 pm

I am currently making some of my folders rack-mount to save space and so I don’t have to move them when I have LAN party’s and loose a day.

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Post by DonP » Mon Nov 10, 2003 2:13 pm

Zyzzyx wrote:Looks like a noisy bunch.

Such excellent clearance to the top of the CPU fan too. Must make for some GREAT airflow.
The cooling must actually be pretty good I think - the sink is pretty big.. and look how thin the fan is.. 10mm thick I guess - must have pretty small blades and low airflow.

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Post by CharlieChan » Mon Nov 10, 2003 3:30 pm

DonP wrote: The cooling must actually be pretty good I think - the sink is pretty big.. and look how thin the fan is.. 10mm thick I guess - must have pretty small blades and low airflow.
Wait till you see the other side.... :shock: .

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Post by haysdb » Tue Nov 11, 2003 6:50 am

How about a farm of Mini-ITX boards with 1GHz C3 processors? I suppose they'd be pretty weak folders, but they would be quiet and wouldn't require a lot of power. "Monster" wouldn't be quite the right word for a farm of these little buggers.

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the key thing is a LAN that works in Linux

Post by NeilBlanchard » Tue Nov 11, 2003 10:50 am

Hello:

Does anybody know where one can find a list of mATX motherboards that have built-in LAN chips that are *supported in Linux*? I would be particularly interested in Socket A (462) motherboards. I ask because I have had a fairly tough time finding NIC's that work in Linux...it also would have to support the LAN boot! :?

The link above *does* have a link to a "How To" document on setting up a LAN boot in Linux.

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