TA Cube, Crackrack project
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ONE's RC5 Crack Rack Project

Diskless nodes powered by Klinux!

Components list, slave nodes
  • Tyan Tiger 1833D's (refurbs), $89 ea.
  • Tekram LX motherboards, $25 ea. (new)
  • Abit BH6 (RMA)
  • Abit BX6r2 (RMA)
  • Microstar Athlon motherboard (RMA-bad USB port)
  • 32MB Micron PC100, $39 ea. (new)
  • Teac floppy drive w/mount, $5 ea. (used)
  • SMC Ultra Chip ISA NICs, $5 ea. (used)
  • Realtek PCI 10/100 NICs $8 ea. (new)
  • Whatever cheap VGA cards can be scrounged
  • Enlight 250w power supply, $20 ea. (new)
  • 10' patch cable, $4 ea (new)
  • 6' MD-6, M-M keyboard cable, $2 ea (new)
  • 6' HD-15, M-M VGA cable, $2 ea (new)
  • Manual KVM switch boxes, 4 port, $22.95 ea (new)

    Processors:

  • Server: Dual P3-550Mhz
  • Server2: Dual Celeron 450Mhz
  • Node 1: Dual P2-450Mhz
  • Node 2: Dual P2-450Mhz
  • Node 3: Celeron 706Mhz
  • Node 4: Dual P2-450Mhz
  • Node 5: Dual P2-450Mhz
  • Node 6: Athlon 760Mhz
  • Node 7: Celeron 850Mhz
  • Node 8: Celeron 875Mhz
  • Node 9: Celeron 875Mhz
  • Node 10: Athlon 675Mhz
  • Node 11: Dual P2-450Mhz
  • Node 12: Dual P2-450Mhz
  • Total: 12,141Mhz

System configuration
Primary Server
  • Dual P3-550Mhz CPUs
  • Aavid dual fan CPU coolers
  • Tyan S1832DL, BX chipset motherboard
  • Enlight 7237 mid-tower
  • PC Power & Cooling 300W power supply
  • 80MM intake fan, 80MM exhaust fan
  • Triple fan hard drive coolers
  • 512MB Micron ECC (2x256)
  • Dual IBM 9.1GB LVD SCSI hard drives,
    RAID 1
  • Mitsumi 1.44MB floppy drive
  • LiteON 52X IDE CD-ROM drive
  • Tekram DC390U2W SCSI adapter
  • SIS 6326, 8MB video card
  • Dual D-Link DFE-530TX 10/100 network adapters
  • El Cheapo 105-Key keyboard
  • El Cheapo mouse
  • Tired old bench monitor
  • Linux Mandrake 7.02
  • APC UPS 300 battery backup
System configuration
Secondary Server
  • Dual CeleronA PPGA 450Mhz CPUs
  • Retail coolers
  • MSI Slotkets
  • Tyan S1832D, BX chipset motherboard
  • Enlight 7237 mid-tower
  • Enlight 250 watt power supply
  • 80MM intake fan, 80MM exhaust fan
  • 192MB Micron PC100 (1x128, 1x64)
  • Seagate 6.4GB IDE hard drive
  • Western Digital 2.5GB IDE hard drive
  • Mitsumi 1.44MB floppy drive
  • LiteON 52X CD-ROM drive
  • S3 Trio 64V+, 2MB PCI video card
  • SMC Ultra Chip 10base ISA network adapter
  • El Cheapo 105-Key keyboard
  • El Cheapo mouse
  • Tired old bench monitor
  • Linux Mandrake 7.02


Other materials:
  • One sheet plywood, cut in to 13" x 16" size pieces
  • 3/8" diameter rubber tubing, cut in to 3/4" lengths for motherboard standoffs
  • 1 1/2" wood screws for mounting motherboards
  • 1/2" wood screws for mounting floppy and power supply
  • Plumber's strapping for anchoring power supplies
  • 6 outlet power strips (several)
  • 72" bookshelf with extra shelves
  • Cluster communication handled by D-Link DSS-8+ 10/100 auto-sensing switches, $96 ea. (new)



If you're a Geek, I'll bet you're drooling.:-)

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