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Wanted: Turn-Key 10-Node Beowulf Cluster

Posted by timothy on from the only-alive-not-dead dept.

forgotten password writes: "I'd just started working on my morning M&Ms, when I was asked where my group can buy a good turn-key ~2CPUx10-node Beowulf cluster in two hours. I suspect the time frame is longer than that, although the window-of-opportunity for the money is apparently on the order of days, and a quote before the procurement meeting would help. Any ideas? Who's good? What it should cost? Thanks!" If you're quick, maybe you can become the world's newest manufacturer of custom beowulf clusters.

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  1. Atipa by p14-lda · · Score: 4, Informative

    Clemson University purchased a setup w/ 512 nodes from Atipa, they delivered it onsite. Can't beat that. Call 888-222-7822, and ask for Bret, tell him the PARL sent you

    1. Re:Atipa by Dyelar · · Score: 3, Informative

      Be warned, Atipa was recently bought by MicroTech computers, and they are sometimes known for not being very good about support, or providing decent equipment. I know that Microtech fired a whole bunch of the Atipa employees though. Before this though, Atipa was looking very good.

      If you are interested, SGI can sell you turn key beowulf solutions also. You can also go to http://www.beowulf.org and they have a list of commercial companies that provide beowulf clustering solutions.

  2. Western Scientific ... by Bob(TM) · · Score: 3, Informative

    ... will sell you one.

    Price depends on bells and whistles, but the 8 node, dual processor P-III system we got with SCI cards ran around $35K.

    http://www.wsm.com

    --

    The little guy just ain't getting it, is he?
  3. Beowulf Site (www.beowulf-underground.org) by p14-lda · · Score: 3, Informative

    Check out www.beowulf-underground.org That is the place for everything beowulf. It is run by the guys in the Parallel Architecture Research Lab at Clemson University.

  4. Vendors by PenguinX · · Score: 3, Informative

    Penguin Computing ships beowulf clusters

    IBMdoes a lot of linux stuff, they even have beowulf traning classes - I imagine that they have some turnkey solution.

    Compaq sells 'em. too.

    In other words, almost any company that sells Linux servers sells beowulf clusters o' servers as well. And if you want training, quite a few of them out there have classes for it too :)

  5. Don't forget Scyld. by pi_rules · · Score: 3, Informative

    Check out Scyld [scyld.com]. If I'm not mistaken Donald Becker (one of the founders of Beowulf) is the head of the company ... or at least has something to do with it.