cmb@castle.ed.ac.uk (Colin Brough) (11/02/90)
I realise that this request has probably been aired on the net before,
but I missed it first time round...(And sorry if its the wrong group!)
I am looking for information on the Vax 9000 series of mainframes from
DEC. Performance (vector and scalar), memory size, I/O connections,
physical configuration, power requirements and cost are all figures I'd
be interested in. Also, what relationship does the 9000 bear to the
earlier 6000 series?
Thanks in advance for any information.
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__________________________________________________________________________alan@shodha.enet.dec.com ( Alan's Home for Wayward Notes File.) (11/04/90)
In article <6998@castle.ed.ac.uk>, cmb@castle.ed.ac.uk (Colin Brough) writes: > I realise that this request has probably been aired on the net before, > but I missed it first time round...(And sorry if its the wrong group!) > I started doing this from memory, but got the chance to go by work this morning to get a copy of the Systems and Options Catalog and the Fall Decus presentation on the VAX 9000 performance. > I am looking for information on the Vax 9000 series of mainframes from > DEC. Performance (vector and scalar), memory size, I/O connections, > physical configuration, power requirements and cost are all figures I'd > be interested in. Also, what relationship does the 9000 bear to the > earlier 6000 series? Scaler Performance: ~40 VUPS per CPU. I've seen the combined SPEC number, but I don't think we've made it public yet. Vector Performance: Some of the Vector numbers given: 1000x1000 LINPACK - 80 MFLOPS Lawrence Livermore Loops Maximum - 101.3 MFLOPS Arithmetic Mean - 23.3 MFLOPS Geometric Mean - 16.0 MFLOPS Perfect Club - 6 to 24 MFLOPS (*) ADM - 9.0 MFLOPS ARC2D - 11.9 MFLOPS FLO52 - 16.0 MFLOPS OCEAN - 10.0 MFLOPS SPEC77 - 15.3 MFLOPS BDNA - 6.8 MFLOPS MDG - 6.2 MFLOPS OCD - 7.7 MFLOPS TRFD - 10.7 MFLOPS DYFESM - 23.8 MFLOPS SPICE - 4.3 MFLOPS MG3D - N/A MFLOPS TRACK - 5.8 MFLOPS (*) The comment in the original slides is, "These tests are baseline, optimized results will be released later". Memory size: At the moment 256 MB and 512 MB. With higher density memory chips this can be expanded to 2 GB. The operating systems will probably need a couple of changes to support this though. I/O connections: It depends on the model. VAX 9000-210 - One XMI I/O bus included. Up to four VAX channels available. VAX 9000-410/420 - Two XMI I/O buses included. Up to 8 VAXBI channels available. VAX 9000-430/440 - Four XMI I/O buses include. Up to 14 VAXBI channels available. The native XMI I/O adapters currently available are: KDM70: DSA disk and tape controller (8 ports, two available for tapes). VAX 9000-210 - Up to 5 per system. VAX 9000-410/420 - Up to 9 per system. VAX 9000-430/440 - Up to 19 per system. CIXCD: CI adapter. VAX 9000-210 - Up to 8 per system. VAX 9000-4x0 - Up to 10 per system. DEMNA: Ethernet adapter. VAX 9000-210 - Up to 4 per system. VAX 9000-410/420 - Up to 8 per system. VAX 9000-430/440 - Up to 16 per system. The individual operating systems may adjust the numbers of things supported according to tested configurations. Physical configuration: The VAX 9000-210 is a single CPU system in an a set of 60 inch cabinets. There are four cabinets with an optional fifth for the VAXBI expansion. Below are the widths of the cabinets. CPU cabinet - 36 inches System Control Unit and Memory - 26 inches Front End Cabinet - 36 inches VAXBI Cabinet - 29 inches Utility Port Conditioner Cabinet (UPC) - 45 It appears there is an integrated power front-end option available in North America only (H7390). The VAX 9000-410 (single CPU) and VAX 9000-420 (two CPUs) come in a similar configuation to the Model 210. The Front End Cabinet is replaced by a XMI Cabinet that is 29 inches wide and contains two 14 slot XMI I/O buses. The UPC is included. Each cabinet is 72 inches tall, except the VAXBI and UPC cabinets that are still 60 inches tall. The VAX 9000-430 (three CPUs) and VAX 9000-440 include another CPU cabinet, XMI cabinet and UPC cabinet. Power requirements: The following is transcribed as closely as possible from the SOC. 210 410 420 430 440 Amps/phase H7390 35 UPC 208V 35 38 51 51+38 2 x 51 UPC 19 21 28 28+21 2 x 28 (380/416 V) Input Voltage H7370 208 V 50 Hz, 3-phase, 100 amps/phase cir. UPC 208 V 50/60 Hz, 3-phase, 100 amps/phase 380 V/416 V, 50 Hz, 3-phase, 50 amps/phase If you want more details track down a DEC sales critter. Cost: Our on-line price listed didn't have any of the systems and I didn't check the price book. I'd rather not try to guess. > > Thanks in advance for any information. > You're welcome. > __________________________________________________________________________ > Colin Brough Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre -- Alan Rollow alan@nabeth.enet.dec.com