Pegasus IV Cluster

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Thomas Vojta
Research Group
Physics Department

 

Hardware

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Total hardware cost per compute node (including Network switches, UPS, shelving) is below $600.

Cluster server:

  • Intel quad-core CPU i5-4690 @ 3.5GHz
  • Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-H97M-D3H with on-board Gigabit ethernet (private cluster network)
  • Intel EXPI9301CTBLK Gigabit ethernet adapter (connection to Missouri S&T campus network)
  • 16 GByte dual channel DDR3-1600 memory
  • 2 x 1 TByte WD Black SATA hard drive (in RAID 1 configuration) for system
  • 2 x 6 TByte WD Black SATA hard drive (in RAID 1 configuration) for user home directories
  • 3 TByte external hard drive for backups
  • DVD +/- R/W drive
  • Antec P100 case with Antec Earthswatts power supply
  • APC BR1500G Back-UPS with BR24BPG battery pack

159 Core i5 compute nodes:

  • Intel quad-core CPU i5-6600 @ 3.3 GHz or i5-4690 @ 3.5 GHz or i5-3570 @ 3.4GHz
  • Motherboard Gigabyte GA-H110M-A or Gigabyte GA-H81M-HD2 or Biostar B75MU3+
  • 16 GByte dual channel DDR4-2133 or DDR3-1600 memory
  • Antec or Raidmax case with Antec or Corsair power supply
  • APC or Cyberpower UPS (two nodes share a UPS unit)

32 Core i7 compute nodes:

  • Intel hexa-core CPU i7-8700 @ 3.2 GHz
  • Motherboard Gigabyte B360M D3H
  • 32 GByte dual channel DDR4-2666 memory
  • Antec NSK 4480 case with Antec or Corsair power supply
  • APC UPS (two nodes share a UPS unit)

Private cluster network:

  • 3 Dell Powerconnect 24 port Gigabit Ethernet switches
  • 8 D-Link DGS-1024D 24 port Gigabit Ethernet switches