Rack Cluster - Example Specification Range for Master and Slave Nodes

Model Code

Cluster Master Node / Slave Node

Description

High performance Dual AMD Opteron or Dual Intel Xeon Beowulf Cluster Nodes for Linux (Lower cost single CPU AMD Opteron / AMD64 or Intel P4 options also available on request)

CPU Options

Dual AMD 64bit Opteron or  Intel Xeon   EMT64 800FSB  & 533FSB

Mainboard Optons

Dual AMD Opteron
Tyan Thunder S2882 DUAL Opteron
Tyan Thunder S2881 DUAL Opteron
Tyan Thunder S2885 DUAL Opteron (Not 1U case compatible)
Dual P4 Xeon

Tyan Thunder S5360 DUAL EMT64 Xeon 800FSB Intel i7320 chipset
Tyan Thunder S5360-1U DUAL EMT64 Xeon 800FSB Intel i7320 chipset for 1U Rack cases
Tyan Thunder S2726 DUAL P4 Xeon 533 FSB Intel i7501 chipset
Tyan Tiger S2735 DUAL P4 Xeon 533 FSB Intel i7501 chipset
Tyan Thunder S2721-533 DUAL P4 Xeon 533 FSB Intel i7501 chipset
Tyan Thunder S2668 DUAL P4 Xeon 533 FSB Intel i7505 chipset (Not 1U case compatible)

System RAM

0.5Gb up to 16Gb DDR ECC Reg system RAM

Boot HDDs

From Single IDE or SATA up to 2 x U320 SCSI as Mirroed Pair

Data HDDs From Single IDE or SATA up to 16 x U320 SCSI or SATA as RAID 5 Set with Hot Spare(s)
RAID Controller From SATA or SCSI 64bit Hardware RAID 0, 1 up to RAID 5,10 multi channel

Optical Drives

Standard CD or DVD, CDRW, DVD/CDRW combo or DVDRW Int IDE

FDD Option 3.5 inch 1.44 Mb

Graphics Card

On Mainboard - ATi 8Mb

10/100 NICs

Single or Dual 10/100 NIC on mainboard

Gigabit NICs From 1 - 4 10/100/1000 Gigabit Copper NIC on mainboard + PCI Fibre and copper options
Rack Switches 8, 16 and 24 Port Gb Copper and/or Fibre Switches subject to number of Nodes in cabinet

System Case

19" rack mount chassis, From 1U with single PSU up to 4U with single, dual redundant or Triple redundant PSUs - Case determined by mainboard, CPUs, external devices and the number of HDDs required

Hot Swap HDDs may be internal only or fitted into external Hot Swap caddies for either IDE or SCSI subject to requirement
Drive Array Additional 4U RAID Drive boxes with 4 X 3 hot swap SCA caddies may be added for additional DATA capacity when connected externally to a SCSI Hardware RAID controller

OS Options

Linux Beowulf bespoke installation

Warranty

3 year RTB or next day manufacturer parts (On site options also available on request)

Additional Options

UPS Rackmount UPS options up to 5000VA
TFT Monitor with KB & Mouse Rackmount 15" or 17" TFT Monitor  With Integrated Keyboard & Mouse In single 1U/2U Rackmount Drawer - Option also available with 8 and 16port KVM built in and the optiona to daisey chain additional 8/16port KVM swithches up to 128 port total.
Backup From 20Gb Travan. DAT, DLT or Super DLT up to Tanberg SDLT320 Super DLT  10 tape Autoloader - 1.6 TB native 3.2 TB compressed
Drive Array Additional 4U RAID Drive boxes with 4 X 3 hot swap SCA caddies may be added for additional DATA capacity when connected externally to a SCSI Hardware RAID controller
Data HDD Array Example Additional 4U Drive box fitted with 12 x Hot Swap Atlas 10k-4 4.5 ms 10Krpm 146Gb 8Mb cache, U320 SCA SCSI - in 4 X 3 Bay SCA caddies Connected to SCSI channel x configured as RAID 5 + 1 x Hot spare   (Stripe set with parity) (Max Storage capacity 1400Gb with 146Gb drives as RAID 5 in 4U HDD array £ 6095.00
Rack Cabinets Fully assembled 20U/29U/38U/42U/45U 800x800  or 800x600 Deep Rack cabinets to house 19" RACK Servers or drive enclosures via slide rails. Can also Include 1U/2U TFT Monitors with Key & mouse, KVM Switches,   Rackmount 10/100 & GB Hubs Routers & switches etc. All the approropriate items fitted to customer spec. Also includes Power and cable management and a variety of doors and side panels

Example 42U cabinets

42U 600Wx1000D Rack Cabinet 42U Cabinet: 600x1000 with glazed lockable door, vented. Removable rear panel, 2 x10way mainsgang, vented roof, 4x fan extraction, castors & levelling feet, 100xM6 cage nuts & Philips screws. £ 995.00
42U 800Wx900D Rack Cabinet 42U Cabinet: 800x900 with glazed lockable door, vented. Removable rear panel, 2 x10way mainsgang, vented roof, 4x fan extraction, castors & levelling feet, 100xM6 cage nuts & Philips screws. £ 925.00
42U 800Wx800D Rack Cabinet 42U Cabinet: 800x800 with glazed lockable door, vented. Removable rear panel, 2 x10way mainsgang, vented roof, 4x fan extraction, castors & levelling feet, 100xM6 cage nuts & Philips screws. £ 895.00
42U 600Wx800D Rack Cabinet 42U Cabinet: 600x800 with glazed lockable door, vented. Removable rear panel, 2 x10way mainsgang, vented roof, 4x fan extraction, castors & levelling feet, 100xM6 cage nuts & Philips screws. £ 825.00
42U 600Wx800D BARE Rack Cabinet QR 42U 600W x 800D enclosure configured as - 2 pairs 19” standard mounting angles, 3 pairs depth stays, 1 set transit castors & Levelling Feet, 100xM6 cage nuts & Philips screws, (No Doors or side panels included - only suitable for air conditioned clean room) £ 395.00

All other options are available on request - please contact GND for current pricing and information.

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