Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 1 Dec 1998 18:14:08 -0600 (CST) | From | Oliver Xymoron <> | Subject | Re: SMP scalability: 8 -> 32 CPUs |
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On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Christof Damian wrote:
> Oliver Xymoron wrote: > > > > On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, Erik Walthinsen wrote: > > > > > Someone was prepared to donate an old 32-proc Sequent machine (S81: 386/20 > > > > I had a similar sized monster (Convex C1) in my dining room for a year or > > does anybody know how to get one of these monsters ? i got a pretty big > space and free electricity. i am not a kernel hacker, but would like it > anyway. i also would be able to put it on my leased line once it is > running.
Generally you will need 3-phase power and quite a bit of cooling as well. Most of these things have environmental sensors and will halt if the temperature gets above a certain point. A lot of these are scrapped because their users realize they can pay for a new machine with the money they save on electricity so whoever's giving you "free" electricity might take notice.
My machine was a donation from the local chapter of ACM, which was in turn originally a donation from a local university.
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