Limulus Project: Linux Desktop Cluster The First $100/GFLOP Computer Designed For The Desktop/side Hardware: CPU: 8-16 cores (x86_64) Nodes: Four Nodes Memory: DDR2 800 (4GB-32GB) Interconnect: GigE: Administration and File System Network: 40 usec latency, 100 MB/sec Throughput Compute Network: 12 usec latency, 122 MB/sec Throughput *** Storage: .5-1 TB (Raid 1) DVD-RW Video: NVidia 8600GT Cooling: Ambient Air Power: Varies by compute load *** 750 Watts (max) - 200 Watts (minimum) PS Efficiency: 70-85% *** Dimensions: 12x14x15 (2500 cubic inches) *** Expansion: 1000BT port for file server/NAS 1000BT port for extra compute nodes HPL Performance: 54-112 GFLOPS Fully Integrated System Software: Fedora 8+ Warewulf Cluster Toolkit (moving to Perceus real soon) PDSH - Parallel Distributed Shell Sun Grid Engine - Resource Scheduler xml-qstat - Web based SGE queue monitor Ganglia - Cluster Monitoring System GNU Compilers (gcc, g++, gfortran, gdb) Modules - Manages User Environments PVM - Parallel Virtual Machine MPICH, MPICH2, LAM/MPI, OPEN-MPI ATLAS, LAPACK, BLAS FFTW, FFTPACK GNU Scientific Library Beowulf Performance Suite Commercial compilers and applications supported Support: Full system support Administration Manual User Manual Target Markets: Biosciences CAE Academic/University Financial Contact: Douglas Eadline, Ph.D. Basement Supercomputing deadline@basement-supercomputing.com 610.865.6061 All specifications are approximate and subject to change. *** signifies unique/new feature LIMULUS = LInux MULti-core Unified Supercomputer