Re: GRAPE cluster supercomputer + OpenBSD

2007-04-16 Thread David Gwynne
On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 08:20:07AM +0200, Vim Visual wrote: > Hi, > > I'm not concerned about the library, I'm almost sure it'll work in > OpenBSD -it was written to be very portable-; it's the raid controller > what will finally be the key to the OS... I forgot to give details, > sorry. It's an A

Re: GRAPE cluster supercomputer + OpenBSD

2007-04-13 Thread Vim Visual
Hey Antti, thanks a lot for the input... yes, I saw that one... exactly 1220. I think obsd would just run "out of the box" Unfortunately the IT department boss here is one of those people who uses linux and feels cool doing it because it's not windows She's got the last word and it's going to b

Re: GRAPE cluster supercomputer + OpenBSD

2007-04-13 Thread Antti Harri
On Fri, 13 Apr 2007, Joachim Schipper wrote: On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 08:20:07AM +0200, Vim Visual wrote: [snip] I forgot to give details, sorry. It's an Areca Raid Controller arc-1220 Well, arc(4) suggests that a lot of similar controllers are supported; [snip] Well if I'm not missing some

Re: GRAPE cluster supercomputer + OpenBSD

2007-04-13 Thread Joachim Schipper
On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 08:20:07AM +0200, Vim Visual wrote: > Hi, > > I'm not concerned about the library, I'm almost sure it'll work in > OpenBSD -it was written to be very portable-; it's the raid controller > what will finally be the key to the OS... I forgot to give details, > sorry. It's an A

Re: GRAPE cluster supercomputer + OpenBSD

2007-04-12 Thread Vim Visual
Hi, I'm not concerned about the library, I'm almost sure it'll work in OpenBSD -it was written to be very portable-; it's the raid controller what will finally be the key to the OS... I forgot to give details, sorry. It's an Areca Raid Controller arc-1220 Yes, the OS is not that important, the c

Re: GRAPE cluster supercomputer + OpenBSD

2007-04-12 Thread Joachim Schipper
On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 08:12:20PM +0200, Vim Visual wrote: > Hi, > > my home institute has bought (for me) a cluster of 4 nodes with the > special-purpose hardware called GRAPE; it's for astrophysical > simulations. The cards (the GRAPEs) just calculate the gravitational > forces and accelerate t

Re: GRAPE cluster supercomputer + OpenBSD

2007-04-12 Thread Matthew R. Dempsky
On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 08:12:20PM +0200, Vim Visual wrote: > According to them, there aren't any drivers for the Raid Controller... > Is that true? OpenBSD has drivers for RAID controllers, but you'll need to provide more details to answer the question of whether OpenBSD has drivers for your RAID

Re: GRAPE cluster supercomputer + OpenBSD

2007-04-12 Thread Nick Guenther
On 4/12/07, Vim Visual <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This is the GRAPE card http://www.metrix.co.jp/grape6A.html Now... I'd like to install OpenBSD on the cluster, of course... all I need is in the OS. But our IT department is not that happy... they want a debian and I'm very crossed. According t

GRAPE cluster supercomputer + OpenBSD

2007-04-12 Thread Vim Visual
Hi, my home institute has bought (for me) a cluster of 4 nodes with the special-purpose hardware called GRAPE; it's for astrophysical simulations. The cards (the GRAPEs) just calculate the gravitational forces and accelerate the calculations a lot. In parallel the cluster can achieve a peak perfo