Anyone have experience with PVC piping?

[kgleason.ma.ultranet at rcn.com]

Tim,
I have enough AMD 2100+ for a 64 node but not enough funding (ca$h) so it
will wind up initially at 32 nodes. I'm relying upon the Biostar M7VKQ
motherboard which has a 10/100 nic on board, 1/2G RAM, and we're going
diskless.
I chose PVC because is easy to cut, drill and assemble, lightweight and
affordable. My rack cost me (without components) about $200. I'm working
with Kurt Keville at DeBUG on the project...we should be having a Beowulf
InstallFest shortly at the college...come on over. Watch the DeBUG website
http://www.extreme-linux.com/default.html for details!
Kevin

Original Message:
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From: Keller, Tim Tim.Keller at stratus.com
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 10:51:07 -0500
To: discuss at blu.org
Subject: RE: Anyone have experience with PVC piping?


Kevin,

This sounds very cool!  How many nodes are going to be in your cluster and
what networking are you going todo between them?

You might want to check out http://distcc.samba.org it works great with a
minimum of setup.

As for the rack stuff, why PVC?

Thanks,
Tim.

-----Original Message-----
From: kgleason.ma.ultranet at rcn.com [mailto:kgleason.ma.ultranet at rcn.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 0:16 AM
To: discuss at blu.org
Subject: Anyone have experience with PVC piping?


As stated in a previous posting I am building a (Linux-based)Beowulf
Cluster using a rack orientation. My rack is made of PVC piping. My
question: Does anyone know how to clean off the PVC lettering (sometimes in
Blue or Black) along the PVC pipe. I don't want to ruin the glossy finish
(if possible) but the lettering is getting to me. Any ideas? Thanks.

Kevin


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