88 blades, each with
* Intel SE7501WV2 motherboard
* RackBlade RS-1100V chassis
* RackSaver PS 1U 300W SPI power supply
* 2 Intel Xeon 2.8GHz CPU
* 2 RackSaver Blade Xeon Heatsink
* 2 x 512MB Registered ECC PC2100 RAM
* 60GB/7200RPM/8MB cache Western Digital EIDE hard-drive
* 1 available PCI slot, riser card included
* Current image: Linux Fedora Core 2 (with hyperthreading enabled)
The Intel SE7501WV2 motherboard (
http://www.intel.com/design/servers/se7501wv2) features 6 memory slots, 2 Gigabit NICs, and a BMC that supports IPMI v1.5 and serial-over-LAN "lights-out" management.
Switches
2 HP Procurve 2650: 48 10/100 ports + 2 Gigabit ports.
Power requirements
5 208-240V x 30A circuits with L6-30 receptables.
This system was purchased in September 2003, has been thoroughly tested and is fully functional. We used to run the first "Ultra Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game", Wish. The Wish project was cancelled on January 9th, 2005. See
www.mutablerealms.com for more information.
Memory Upgrade Option
The system can be delivered with 2GB RAM per blade (44 blades with 4x512MB, 44 blades with 2x1GB of Registered ECC PC2100 RAM, all fully tested) instead of 1GB per blade. Additional cost: $14,000.