RS: [Beowulf] Cluster newbie, power recommendations

[Alan Ward]

I have done this for several years. If you remove the video card, CD/DVD units and other power consumers, leaving just a single hard disk and network, a modern PSU in this range is well capable of handling at least two motherboards. Another question is if it worth your time to either source a Y cable or (ouch!) start splicing and soldering cables ...

Alan 

 
On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 07:09:42PM -0600, Eric Geater at Home wrote:

> My greatest question, though, revolves around power distribution.  It seems
> kinda weak to simply use one PSU per motherboard, especially if I take the
> time to devise a cabinet in which to operate the goodies.  Is it possible to
> run maybe two or three motherboards off a single power supply, given that
> the amount of known power committed to run a mobo is light, compared to the
> total workload of the average 350w PSU?
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