buck@drax.gsfc.nasa.gov (Loren (Buck) Buchanan) (08/23/90)
Hi,
A previous posting talked about the chassis of the PI, and that reminded
me that our customer would like to have a PI rack mounted rather than
eating up floor space. Has anyone done this? Is it available from SGI?
Thanks & B Cing U
Buck
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In <3209@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> buck@drax.gsfc.nasa.gov (Loren (Buck) Buchanan) writes: | Hi, | | A previous posting talked about the chassis of the PI, and that reminded | me that our customer would like to have a PI rack mounted rather than | eating up floor space. Has anyone done this? Is it available from SGI? It is certainly doable. We built one (at least) for a trade show, but I don't think we or any of our Geometry Partners market such a machine. -- Dave Olson Life would be so much easier if we could just look at the source code.
hultquis@nas.nasa.gov (Jeff P. M. Hultquist) (08/28/90)
In article <1990Aug25.234947.6323@odin.corp.sgi.com> olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson) writes: > From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson) > > In <3209@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> buck@drax.gsfc.nasa.gov > (Loren (Buck) Buchanan) writes: > > | A previous posting talked about the chassis of the PI, and that reminded > | me that our customer would like to have a PI rack mounted rather than > | eating up floor space. Has anyone done this? Is it available from SGI? > > It is certainly doable. We built one (at least) for a trade show, > but I don't think we or any of our Geometry Partners market such > a machine. This would be a great idea. At NASA-Ames, we have several machine rooms which are full, but only below one's knees. We have been forced to build shelves in order to get decent use out of these rooms. (Actually, we use old tables, and we place machines on top and underneath!) -- -- Jeff Hultquist hultquis@nas.nasa.gov NASA - Ames Research Center (415) 604-4970 Disclaimer: "I am not a rocket scientist."
nagy%warner.dnet@fngate ("Frank J. Nagy:VAX Guru,Wizard&Loose Cannon") (08/28/90)
We have rack-mounted PIs by removing their side panels and installing rack slide kits salvaged from some old Digital gear (PDP-11s maybe?). We currently have a "farm" of 20+ PIs installed in standard Fermilab 19" relay racks this way to provide event reconstruction production capacity. Contact Marc Haibeck (Haibeck@fnal.bitnet or haibeck@fnal.fnal.gov) for details. = Dr. Frank J. Nagy "VAX Guru & Wizard" = Fermilab Computing Division/Distributed Computing Dept/Special Projects Grp = HEPnet/SPAN: WARNER::NAGY (43198::NAGY) or FNAL::NAGY (43009::NAGY) = BitNet: NAGY@FNAL = Internet: NAGY@FNALF.FNAL.GOV = USnail: Fermilab POB 500 MS/234 Batavia, IL 60510
ted@vball.sgi.com (Ted Wilcox) (08/29/90)
In <HULTQUIS.90Aug27122210@wk206.nas.nasa.gov> hultquis@nas.nasa.gov (Jeff P. M. Hultquist) writes: >> From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson) >> >> In <3209@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> buck@drax.gsfc.nasa.gov >> (Loren (Buck) Buchanan) writes: >> >> | A previous posting talked about the chassis of the PI, and that reminded >> | me that our customer would like to have a PI rack mounted rather than >> | eating up floor space. Has anyone done this? Is it available from SGI? >> >> It is certainly doable. We built one (at least) for a trade show, >> but I don't think we or any of our Geometry Partners market such >> a machine. >This would be a great idea. At NASA-Ames, we have several >machine rooms which are full, but only below one's knees. >We have been forced to build shelves in order to get decent >use out of these rooms. (Actually, we use old tables, and >we place machines on top and underneath!) Actually, over here in Personal Systems Division, we do sell rack mount{ed|able} board sets. Right now, we have a 9U 4D20 which has 1 board for the CPU and 1 board for graphics. The graphics has basically the same options you can get on a PI. We have also got a 6U 4D25 which has 3 cards for the CPU and 2 cards for the graphics. The turbo option is not completed yet. Also, I don't think these have been FCC'ed (new verb!) yet. I'll try to get a little more info on exactly what is available and whom to contact for details. >Disclaimer: "I am not a rocket scientist." Heh heh. Very clever, this. | In the Olympic Games, Greeks ran races, jumped, Ted. | hurled the biscuits, and threw the java. ted@sgi.com | -Anonymous history student.