Changes between Version 12 and Version 13 of NorbertLimulus

Timestamp:

10/22/08 09:17:38 (16 years ago)

Author:

admin

Comment:

update for new HPL numbers and prices

NorbertLimulus

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 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.
+motherboard with a 2.33 GHz Core2 Duo (E6550) processor, and one GByte of RAM (upgraded to 2GB in 2008). There are a total of eight cores in Norbert.
 
 == Norbert Pictures ==
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 == Hardware Manifest ==
 
-||'''Component'''||'''Amount'''||'''Type'''||'''Unit Price'''||'''Total Price'''||
-||Processor||4||Core Duo E6550 2.3 GHz||$179||$716||
-||Mother board||4||Gigabyte GA-G33M-DS2R||$135||$540||
-||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||
-||Case||4||Apevia X-QPACK-NW-AL/420 MicroATX Case 420W PS||$70||$280||
-||Hard Drive||1||Seagate SATA ST3250824SV 250GB 7200||$80||$80||
-||DVD Drive||1||Samsung SATA SH-S183L ||$30||$30||
-||GigE Switches||2||SMC SMC8505T||$63||$126||
-||Cables||8||3 ft Cat6||$3||$24||
+||'''Component'''||'''Amount'''||'''Type'''||'''Unit Price'''||'''2007 [[BR]] Total Price'''||'''2008 [[BR]] Total Price'''||
+||Processor||4||Core Duo E6550 2.3 GHz||$179||$716||$680||
+||Mother board||4||Gigabyte GA-G33M-DS2R||$135||$540||$540||
+||Memory||4||Kingston ValueRAM 1GB (2 x 512MB) DDR2 800||$64||$256||$168||
+||Cluster Network Card||4||Intel PRO/1000 PT PCIe X1||$50||$200||$160||
+||LAN Network Card||1||Intel PRO/1000 MT PCI||$50||$50||$30||
+||Case||4||Apevia X-QPACK-NW-AL/420 MicroATX Case 420W PS||$70||$280||$280||
+||Hard Drive||1||Seagate SATA ST3250824SV 250GB 7200||$80||$80||$80||
+||DVD Drive||1||Samsung SATA SH-S183L ||$30||$30||$30||
+||GigE Switches||2||SMC SMC8505T||$63||$126||$100||
+||Cables||8||3 ft Cat6||$3||$24||$24||
 
-Total: $2302 (Sept 2007 prices, US dollars)
+September 2007 Total: $2302 (US dollars)[[BR]]
+September 2008 Total: $2092 (US dollars)*
+
+* includes RAM upgrade price from 1GB/node to 2GB/node
 
 == Performance ==
 
-'''HPL:''' 47.71 GFLOPS [NorbertRawHplData HPL Results]
+'''HPL 2007:''' 47.71 GFLOPS before RAM upgrade (1 GB per node) [wiki:NorbertRawHplData Full HPL Results] [[BR]]
+'''HPL 2008:''' 53.44 GFLOPS after RAM upgrade (2 GB per node) [wiki:NorbertRawHplData2 Full HPL Results] 
+
+== Price to Performance ==
+
+'''September 2007:''' $48.25/GFLOP [[BR]]
+'''September 2008:''' $39.15/GFLOP
+
 
 == Power ==