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The Hardware

Over time new machines have been added and older machines have been replaced. The following list is in chronological order (oldest first).

Alpha 1 & 2

Summary: Alpha 1

  • Nodes: 10x Dell PowerEdge 1955 blades, Intel Xeon 5140 (Dual-Core) 2.33GHz, 6GB RAM, 1333MHz FSB, Gigabit Ethernet.
  • Chassis: 4x 2.1 kW redundant power supplies (3+1). 2x Gigabit Switch Modules. 1x Avocent Digital Access KVM switch.
  • Software: Debian Testing AMD64 + various commercial software including MATLAB, COMSOL, etc.

Summary: Alpha 2

  • Nodes: 10x Dell PowerEdge 1955 blades, Intel Xeon 5355 (Quad-Core) 2.66GHz, 8GB RAM, 1333MHz FSB, Gigabit Ethernet.
  • Chassis: 4x 2.1 kW redundant power supplies (3+1). 2x Gigabit Switch Modules. 1x Avocent Digital Access KVM switch.
  • Software: Debian Testing AMD64 + various commercial software including MATLAB, COMSOL, etc.

Beta 1

Summary: Beta 1

  • Nodes: 5x Dell PowerEdge M620 blades, Intel Xeon E5-2630 (Dual 6-core) 2.30GHz, 32GB RAM, Gigabit Ethernet.
  • Chassis: 5x 2.7 kW redundant power supplies (4+1). 1x Gigabit Switch Modules. 1x Avocent Digital Access KVM switch.
  • Software: Debian Testing AMD64 + various commercial software including MATLAB, COMSOL, etc.
 
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