Changes between Version 10 and Version 11 of NorbertLimulus

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01/01/08 20:21:11 (16 years ago)

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NorbertLimulus

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 == Norbert Design ==
 
-Norbert was designed to use totally off-the-shelf parts. There is no custom case work required. Of course the hardware could be placed in a smaller volume with a custom case design, but that would require extra work. The following are more details about Norbert.
+Norbert was designed to use totally off-the-shelf parts. There is no custom case work required. Of course the hardware could be placed in a smaller volume with a custom case design, but that would require extra work and our goal is to create an easy to assemble system.
 
-Norbert basically consists of a head node and three diskless worker nodes. All nodes have an extra PCIe GigE card for compute traffic. The head node has a DVD, a hard drive, and an extra network card to connect to the LAN.
+Norbert basically consists of a head node and three diskless worker nodes. All nodes have an extra PCIe GigE card for compute traffic. The head node has a DVD, a hard drive, and an extra network card to connect to the LAN. Each node has a single socket [http://www.gigabyte.us/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2507 Gigbyte GA-G33M-DS2R]
+motherboard with a 2.33 GHz Core2 Duo (E6550) processor, and one GByte of RAM. There are a total of eight cores in Norbert.
 
 == Norbert Pictures ==
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 ||Processor||4||Core Duo E6550 2.3 GHz||$179||$716||
 ||Mother board||4||Gigabyte GA-G33M-DS2R||$135||$540||
-||Memory||8||Kingston ValueRAM 1GB (2 x 512MB) DDR2 800 ||$64||$512||
+||Memory||4||Kingston ValueRAM 1GB (2 x 512MB) DDR2 800||$64||$256||
 ||Cluster Network Card||4||Intel PRO/1000 PT PCIe X1||$50||$200||
 ||LAN Network Card||1||Intel PRO/1000 MT PCI||$50||$50||
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 ||Cables||8||3 ft Cat6||$3||$24||
 
-Total: $2558 (Sept 2007 prices)
+Total: $2302 (Sept 2007 prices, US dollars)
 
 == Performance ==