[Wylug-help] VIA EPIA 5000 Mini-ITX mainboard

[Philip Wyett]

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On Sun, 2003-02-16 at 18:00, John Hodrien wrote:
> On 16 Feb 2003, Philip Wyett wrote:
>
> > Not so long ago I took part in using these boards (VIA EPIA 800 to be
> > precise) to build a 16 node Red Hat 7.3 based OSCAR cluster - Poor mans
> > super computer :). There were no real show stopper issues that I can
> > recall, but the following link was a godsend at the time and may prove
> > helpful too you.
>
> What sort of performance do you get out of them?  I know benchmarks are a
> twisted subject, so pick your own measure.  What was the cost per node?
>
> jh
>

Hi,

As I remember and we calculated each 800MHz CPU popping around 1550
bogomips i.e. a theoretical total of around the 24800 bogomips. Of
course the theoretical never really ends up being the actual and in
testing it peaked at 22000 if my memory serves.

Each node had the following:

VIA EPIA 800 - =C2=A350
CASE - =C2=A345
512Mb PC133 - =C2=A340
40Gb ATA HDD - =C2=A335
Belkin KVM + cables - =C2=A375
Network Cable - =C2=A36

Per node - =C2=A3251

Total for the 16 nodes + 1 control PC - =C2=A34267 ish

There was the hub and a few minor components. but the above gives a
decent idea of node and total.

I will note we bought all the parts in bulk at the same time as getting
components to build 250 PC's. So the discounting was at a premium as you
can imagine.

Though not exactly Deep Blue, it worked out as a very cost effective and
reliable concurrent ogg, mp3 and real encoding/distribution solution at
the media company for which it was designed. Also working out =C2=A35000
cheaper than an equivalent off the shelf vendor 2+ GHz quad CPU
solution.

Regards

Phil

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