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Cray C916 (supercomputer) scratch build - NAS
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alpenwasser
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Very nice!
Small question: You wouldn't happen to have more info on the original machine? Specifically, I would be very interested to know more about its internal anatomy (what's in that central cylinder and those 3 boxes in the real machine, for example).
My Google-Fu has not been of much help so far (for some reason I can't reach the official Cray website which allegedly has a site for this model). I have found quite a bit of info on their machines regarding CPUs, architectures and memory, but almost nothing on the actual physical layout and such.
Thanks in advance, and keep up the good work!
Small question: You wouldn't happen to have more info on the original machine? Specifically, I would be very interested to know more about its internal anatomy (what's in that central cylinder and those 3 boxes in the real machine, for example).
My Google-Fu has not been of much help so far (for some reason I can't reach the official Cray website which allegedly has a site for this model). I have found quite a bit of info on their machines regarding CPUs, architectures and memory, but almost nothing on the actual physical layout and such.
Thanks in advance, and keep up the good work!
HCP
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Edit: Found a link with inside pic: -> http://www.cray-cyber.org/systems/c90.php
Edit 2: The C916 is newer than C90 but have pretty much the same casing, searching for C90 you can find some more pics.
I have some PDF´s but its pretty hard to understand whats going where.
I suppose the "computer" itself is in the middle cylinder, and cooling/ups is in the three boxes. (it can be speeling mistake, it says power supplies in another part of the PDF, (psu vs ups))
It could be the other way, CPU´s in the three boxes but then the ammount och CPU´s doesnt add up.
There is also one more cabinet for this server, see pic below. I think the extra one is the IOS/SSD clusters.
I sent a email to Cray and the guy i got the blueprints from asking if he had some more folders or info about this C916
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alpenwasser
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Thank you very much!
As someone born in the 80's I was introduced to PCs right around the Win 3.11 era as a young boy. I remember reading about Cray's, supercomputers, mainframes and all that nice stuff in some magazines back then and it has always had a captivating effect on me. The term "mainframe" (I know neither a Cray nor a supercomputer is synonymous with mainframe, but my chain of knowledge sort of evolved along that path, reading about one then the other etc.) is actually what got me interested in UNIX, and via that, Linux, in the first place. Well, that, and I had a friend who sort of pushed me towards it and taught me the most important ins and outs of the mighty console when I still didn't know my cd from my ls :lol:.
If you get more info I'll suck if up like a sponge, very fascinating stuff for me
As someone born in the 80's I was introduced to PCs right around the Win 3.11 era as a young boy. I remember reading about Cray's, supercomputers, mainframes and all that nice stuff in some magazines back then and it has always had a captivating effect on me. The term "mainframe" (I know neither a Cray nor a supercomputer is synonymous with mainframe, but my chain of knowledge sort of evolved along that path, reading about one then the other etc.) is actually what got me interested in UNIX, and via that, Linux, in the first place. Well, that, and I had a friend who sort of pushed me towards it and taught me the most important ins and outs of the mighty console when I still didn't know my cd from my ls :lol:.
If you get more info I'll suck if up like a sponge, very fascinating stuff for me
alpenwasser
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Matte dark grey sounds excellent (and it's just what I always picture these systems looking like). Lights: Red or white, not sure on that one. But under the thing, definitely.
Or you could go the other direction: Pink case with blue lights or something :lol:
Or you could go the other direction: Pink case with blue lights or something :lol:
FredEx
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Im a little confused by color for this one.
Cray could deliver it in what ever color the customer wanted, so there´s really no color to replicate.
Im thinking about matte dark grey with some red lighting under it.
Any ideas dear readers ?
Keep it muted colors. I don't ever recall anything old that was other than muted colors.
HCP
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Yeah, thanks guys you made me decide to go on dark grey
Back from the paint shop now with a color named Gun metal black. its almost like titanium color, but matte. And i got some matte clear coat too. Couple of shades different from the WOPR i think
I have seen this C916 in yellow, blue, red and light blue. But i´ll go with this dark grey and both white and red glow under it, changable.
Will have a 20mm standoff under the case, red for evil and white for good
A early pic of the fiberglassin, this is after layer #2, im on layer #5 now. I will rip this off the pipe, glue some wood to it to brace it and then wax it.
This is only a mold, later ill make the real rounded corners in this mold so i get a nice outside i dont need to put 10 hrs into the surface
Back from the paint shop now with a color named Gun metal black. its almost like titanium color, but matte. And i got some matte clear coat too. Couple of shades different from the WOPR i think
I have seen this C916 in yellow, blue, red and light blue. But i´ll go with this dark grey and both white and red glow under it, changable.
Will have a 20mm standoff under the case, red for evil and white for good
A early pic of the fiberglassin, this is after layer #2, im on layer #5 now. I will rip this off the pipe, glue some wood to it to brace it and then wax it.
This is only a mold, later ill make the real rounded corners in this mold so i get a nice outside i dont need to put 10 hrs into the surface
FredEx
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Amazing. I can smell that resin all the way here in the US.
A couple decades ago for about 6 months when laid off due to the economy I was working with a friend as a lumber jack. Behind a very small custom fiberglass product factory he had a barn for storing lumber after we took trees to his brothers lumber mill and cut it up. I could smell that stuff from the factory all day and it was very strong and we had to be at least 300 meters from the factory. To this day I see a picture like yours and I smell that resin. I don't know how the people worked there all day. :wacko:
A couple decades ago for about 6 months when laid off due to the economy I was working with a friend as a lumber jack. Behind a very small custom fiberglass product factory he had a barn for storing lumber after we took trees to his brothers lumber mill and cut it up. I could smell that stuff from the factory all day and it was very strong and we had to be at least 300 meters from the factory. To this day I see a picture like yours and I smell that resin. I don't know how the people worked there all day. :wacko:
leathart123
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keep going mate it is looking really good
HCP
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Amazing. I can smell that resin all the way here in the US.
A couple decades ago for about 6 months when laid off due to the economy I was working with a friend as a lumber jack. Behind a very small custom fiberglass product factory he had a barn for storing lumber after we took trees to his brothers lumber mill and cut it up. I could smell that stuff from the factory all day and it was very strong and we had to be at least 300 meters from the factory. To this day I see a picture like yours and I smell that resin. I don't know how the people worked there all day. :wacko:
I use epoxy for this, just because what you say. Resin stinks and are really dangerous to breath. I worked with resins earlier making car bumpers, custom audio panels and stuff, and i hate it
Had alot of epoxy left since that period, so it was a easy choise, very expensive but its already paid and no other use for it
Epoxy is not good on fiberglass like this as resin, but it will be perfect as a mold for the later panels.
I will vacuum-bag/bake the panels in the mold later in my oven so i get perfect result
HCP
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And this is what it looks like after 8 layers.
Now its time to let this cure over night, and tomorrow add some wood and plaster reinforcements to it before i take it off the pipe.
In that area i will only use about 3" wide, im making it big now makes me cut out the best part to use for the mold later.
And...!
Be Quiet! helping me out with PSU and Silent Wings 2 fans for this case
I have used Be Quiet! in alot of other cases and i totally love their products, i love quiet pc´s and i will go all in on Be Quiet! in my other cases too.
Now its time to let this cure over night, and tomorrow add some wood and plaster reinforcements to it before i take it off the pipe.
In that area i will only use about 3" wide, im making it big now makes me cut out the best part to use for the mold later.
And...!
Be Quiet! helping me out with PSU and Silent Wings 2 fans for this case
I have used Be Quiet! in alot of other cases and i totally love their products, i love quiet pc´s and i will go all in on Be Quiet! in my other cases too.
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Lystfiskern
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Looks pretty sweet Cool that u picked up a sponsor!
Cool that u picked up a sponsor!
alpenwasser
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Afaik they're only entering the north American market just now, so that's good timing
Some of their PSU's (all the ones of which I've read reviews) are made by Seasonic, and their fans are pretty awesome. Unfortunately they only make case fans. I've been wishing for a pressure oriented fan of theirs for quite some time and so far no luck
HCP
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Afaik they're only entering the north American market just now, so that's good timing
Some of their PSU's (all the ones of which I've read reviews) are made by Seasonic, and their fans are pretty awesome. Unfortunately they only make case fans. I've been wishing for a pressure oriented fan of theirs for quite some time and so far no luck
I took their casefans and did some modding to the fasteners and attatched them to a 240mm radiator
Works great, my CPU (amd 3870K) idles at 35c and when rendering at 65c
Pic from my workstation build
alpenwasser
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Ha, that looks awesome, and good to know. I just might go and buy myself a few of their 140's for my new build. I currently have Spectre Pros. Pretty decent pressure for 140 fans, and no bearing noises on full power or undervolted (so far).
But I've seen a few people here and there having problems with the bearings. If that happens I'll replace them with either BQ! or Noctuas (my poor wallet
). I suppose the BQ's should have similar performance to my seriously undervolted Spectre Pros, just on higher voltages.
But I've seen a few people here and there having problems with the bearings. If that happens I'll replace them with either BQ! or Noctuas (my poor wallet
). I suppose the BQ's should have similar performance to my seriously undervolted Spectre Pros, just on higher voltages.
HCP
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My camera light didnt start so i got to pitch the contrast in the pic. Sorry about that.
Just a smaller "right-now" status, top part drying.
Sanding the rounded top now and going to fiberglass it tonight to get that one done.
Here its more easy to see where the parts from the fiberglassed pipe is going.
Took me a great deal of time to get all angles right.
Just a smaller "right-now" status, top part drying.
Sanding the rounded top now and going to fiberglass it tonight to get that one done.
Here its more easy to see where the parts from the fiberglassed pipe is going.
Took me a great deal of time to get all angles right.
Mgutierrez33
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That case CRAY!
Sorry, I couldn't help myself... had a moment 8-(
Now that that's out of the way, it's turning out really nice so far!
Sorry, I couldn't help myself... had a moment 8-(
Now that that's out of the way, it's turning out really nice so far!
