CRACK RACK 3 - Coming Soon to an office near you!

[DanC]

I'm still assimilating... Borg by definition must do that, but I'm putting money where my mouth is. The CrackRack3 project - thus begins.

I now have to learn something new - Linux (Icky) - and put in something to generate heat in my office now that winter is coming.

Imagine what power there would be if we all built just one rack....

 

[Dale]

<<Imagine what power there would be if we all built just one rack.... >>

that is a thought to behold

you will love Linux, Hey you should have access to some DOS network
drivers, that would make an easy install for small racks..

..Dale
(what a thought,
if each of us could build just one little 64 node cluster)

 

[Ken g6]

Hey, if you'll pay for it, I'm game!

If only memory weren't so expensive...

 

[loner]

Way to go Dan! You'll love Linux--it's not as bad as most people lead you to believe. What are you planning on for hardware??? All Athlon 1GHz+ machines, right

 

[DanC]

<< All Athlon 1GHz+ machines >>



Uhh... well - sure. Not being made of money, just have a couple of extra bucks, they'll likley be OC'd 566 I'd guess. I'm going to have to learn OC'ing too! - oh no!!! I'm becoming a total GEEK again!

 

[loner]

Ha! You lead and I shall follow...One more P3-667 being added as I type this!

 

[Kilowatt]

Gee Dan, GO DUALIES.
Two CPUs for one power supply/motherboard setup.

It's the new wave of &quot;Borg Attire&quot;.
All the latest fashionable Borg are assimilating them.

 

[Train]

An extra P3 450 being added today, and because its getting a hand me down mobo, the P3 700 it came from is going to be pushed up to 933 or higher where it belongs.

Im still saving for my crack rack though......
[homer voice]
mmmmm, must... have... forbidden... crack rack, droool
[/homer voice]

 

[Neurodog]

<<It's the new wave of &quot;Borg Attire&quot;.>>
<<All the latest fashionable Borg are assimilating them.>>




Good one Kilowatt

 

[DanC]

Yep-er-ooonie (rubbing hands together)
Mandrake 7.1 - Installing that today. Gotta get some Mobos...

crack-rack, crack-rack

Wonder how many racks members can build? - maybe a crack-rack contest?
hmmmm...

 

[TwoFace]

Now is the time for a Russ quote:

We LOVE you man!

 

[Adul]

keep it up dan!
added more comps today btw. see my thread

 

[Fandu]

Who has the largest rack anyways? No, no, that didn't sound right.
Tries to hide from steaming wives and girl friends

Russ? How bout Magicman? Or does TWP still hold the single rack record?

 

[Russ]

Fandu,

Number of nodes, or total Mhz? Rack number 1 is 13 nodes plus the server, totalling 9014Mhz. I think TMR may have more nodes, and I know MagicMan was damned close to me in total power.

Russ, NCNE

 

[amok]

TWP finished its run at around 11.3GHz I believe (counting the server). I guess it still holds the record for the largest single crackrack. By the way, I was just running by Clay's page the other day and noticed that he had his warpcore stuff up again. Anyone interested in crackracks should take a look. He did some really nice work on the custom rack and the power switches for all the nodes (mounted them into switches to take up one of the 5 1/4&quot; slots on the server). He did some cool stuff that everybody can appreciate.

For those interested in taking a peak - Warpcore
Chassis Assembly and Pics

 

[dawks]

Wow! Thats awsome!

 

[ViRGE]

Ye gods! Do you ever give up DanC!? Keep up the good work man, and remeber to dedicate the first node as the &quot;ViRGE&quot; node.

 

[DanC]

No Sir, Mr. Virge - I NEVER give up. Nor will Russ!
We (TA) are going to win this thing

 

[Wulf]

Welcome to the DARK dark side Dan

 

[DanC]

Thanks Wulf...
I'm installing Linux now... ooooh - this is frightening!!!!

 

[Michael]

The frightening part is how easy Linux installations are getting ...

Michael

 

[DanC]

I'm now doing it for the third time, after 3 phone calls to RUSS....

Looks like it's going to be ok this time. (It's STILL alot like wearing pantyhose) - feels kinda well... Icky.