[Beowulf] help with cables

[Jonathan Aquilina]

Hi all,

If you need a cheap rack alternative there is this which is quite Interesting and can be bought if I’m not mistaken from ikea.

https://wiki.eth0.nl/index.php/LackRack

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> On 23 Nov 2017, at 21:05, Jonathan Engwall <engwalljonathanthereal at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> A barebones and lot of 73 gb drives might be cheaper yet.
> Rather than adding a loop I would like a compact rack. P2P and 10g Ethernet isn't as attractive. A storage 2006-2010 age, ready to connect to my flextronics is what I am looking for. At that price I had to give it thought.
> I have two PE2950's so a PowerVault seems like the obvious answer. Shipping is just so high with the vendors right now. The topspins are pcie 8x, a lot of five was a steal. Cables seen to have a minimum price...generally each cable's is both in And out? Maybe that is fibre again.
> And about the dental probe: I live in Mexico. Almost everything is for sale.
> You are a big help, thanks again.
> Jonathan Engwall
> 
> 
>> On Nov 23, 2017 3:26 AM, "John Hearns via Beowulf" <beowulf at beowulf.org> wrote:
>> My experience - go to your local pharmacy and purchase a dental probe. You use it to threaten the switches as in Dustin Hoffman in Marathon Man.
>> 
>> Seriously, the dental probe is used for releasing the latches on those cables in tight spaces.
>> 
>>> On 23 November 2017 at 00:24, Jonathan Engwall <engwalljonathanthereal at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I have ordered two flextronic 8 port switches and five topspin dual port HCA's. Most of these decisions were a combination of cost limitations (it sits on my coffee table) and careful scrutiny of photos on eBay.
>>> Right now I have a great price on an HP SmartArray with controllers.
>>> My first concern is that it will require a 1U machine to manage RAID and my next concern is that the controllers will need adapters for the 4x SDR cables which I believe will connect to the TopSpins and Flextronics. 
>>> Anyone with hands on experience with this '08 gear, please help me out.
>>> Jonathan Engwall
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