And so, our story begins...

Stage 0 - complete

X-13

, 16th January 2012 at 11:01 AM (380 Views)

I've checked all hardware, chosen the OS [Debian] and the MPI [OPEN-MPI], I've got a bit of documentation so I know what I'm doing [slightly].

But there's one thing I forgot to check...

CHECK THERE'S ENOUGH ROOM!!

Which there isn't... Blargh!

I'm still doing it though. A couple of powerstrips [and a reposition of the laptop trolley] should be sufficient.

As usual, any suggestions let me know.

Updated 16th January 2012 at 11:20 AM by X-13

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sonofsanta - 16th January 2012 12:47 PM
Surely it'll be much cooler to build a set of shelves to have them all blinking away like some monstrous piece of wall art... then have the power strips mounted down one side and the network ports down the other like some crazed DIY server rack.

Added points for building it out of aluminium and having a T-1000 skull mounted somewhere.
X-13 - 16th January 2012 08:00 PM
Originally Posted by sonofsanta

Surely it'll be much cooler to build a set of shelves to have them all blinking away like some monstrous piece of wall art... then have the power strips mounted down one side and the network ports down the other like some crazed DIY server rack.

Added points for building it out of aluminium and having a T-1000 skull mounted somewhere.

That's stage... 6?
mjs_mjs - 16th January 2012 10:05 PM
Heat can be an issue with clusters build in the DIY way - make sure that there is enough room capacity to dissipate the heat and enough airflow. Also make sure that one exhaust doesn't become the next's air supply as that's not good.
mjs_mjs - 16th January 2012 10:06 PM
oh and pics please
X-13 - 16th January 2012 11:12 PM
I'm thinking of making a "twin towers" set up. The nodes will be stacked in 2 piles of 5, as they're meant to be horizontal it'll be stable. [No leaning tower of server.]

There will be just over the width of one computer between the towers. With the switch and controller in between. The controller is a vertical desktop, with all fans at the back and no vents on either side.

However... I still don't have the space for it. I'm thinking this project will fail before it even gets properly started.
mjs_mjs - 17th January 2012 12:14 AM
or - drop the number of nodes until they can find homes - if it's on a vlan, then the nodes can sit anywhere really.
X-13 - 17th January 2012 01:06 AM
See, that would be the smart option.