Nucleon farm detail - Page 3

kladner · 2012-01-07, 04:43

Nucleon-
At some point it seems that you might consider setting all this up in some kind of rack or shelf arrangement where you could put some larger fans on. A cheapo shelf unit with the back panel removed comes to mind. Maybe combined with 20" box fans, or if that's not enough, high velocity fans. After all, you've already got one mobo just sitting out. You've clearly studied the fan setup you have; you've got numbers on it. I'm just saying that an enclosure can help channel the air flow, instead of having all those fans kind of conflicting with each other. Think wind tunnel.

Pardon my rant. Ventilation and air flow tweaking are personal obsessions. Seeing things scattered about makes me itch to do something with all that stuff. I've never dealt with a multi-system setup like that. But I have hacked (read: drills and reciprocating saws) more than one case to make things work better. In OC forums I've seen this called ghetto modding.

I'll stop. You've got amazing hardware and produce amazing results.

Dubslow · 2012-01-07, 04:54

Darned edit limit.

"Also, are you using the Bulldozer for anything ATM?"

nucleon · 2012-01-07, 05:42

Bulldozer is dozing atm :) It's off.

Yeah I've migrated the H80 from the bulldozer and put it on the 3930k. Bulldozer now has stock cooler on it.

3930k temps - 60-67degC according to hwinfo64 status. 1.361V

For some reason cpuz isn't stable on this win8 build.

-- Craig

nucleon · 2012-01-07, 05:59

@kladner
Yes cooling is a bit of a problem. The hex core has allowed me to move things around. Cooling is much better now. I have better placement.

It's almost the way I want it, a few more adjustments and I can send update photos to ease those itches :)

-- Craig

davieddy · 2012-01-07, 08:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by nucleon

Bulldozer is dozing atm :) It's off.

Yeah I've migrated the H80 from the bulldozer and put it on the 3930k. Bulldozer now has stock cooler on it.

3930k temps - 60-67degC according to hwinfo64 status. 1.361V

For some reason cpuz isn't stable on this win8 build.

-- Craig

Or are you just pleased to see me?

MAE

kladner · 2012-01-07, 16:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by nucleon

@kladner
Yes cooling is a bit of a problem. The hex core has allowed me to move things around. Cooling is much better now. I have better placement.

It's almost the way I want it, a few more adjustments and I can send update photos to ease those itches :)

-- Craig

I look forward to seeing the new arrangement. To reiterate, I have no intention of quarreling with success, however achieved. I'm just an incurable tinkerer.

Dubslow · 2012-01-17, 20:46

So if I understand correctly, if you were to run rsync as (for instance) a daily cron job, then you could set up daily synchronization of two folders on different computers?

chalsall · 2012-01-17, 22:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dubslow

So if I understand correctly, if you were to run rsync as (for instance) a daily cron job, then you could set up daily synchronization of two folders on different computers?

Sure. It's done all the time. As an example:

Code:

rsync --partial -avr -e ssh /var/www/html/data/ video.mersenne.info:~/videos/data/

Is what I use to transfer the data from the machine which collects and does the summary calculations to my "public facing" co-located server. Note that it tunnels through SSH so I don't have to have an rsync server running on either box.

Also note that I am using an account on each box which is "trusted" between the machines, so no password is needed (and yes, the account in question is extremely unprivileged).

nucleon · 2012-02-21, 08:56

Ok received my first power bill here in Melbourne where my computer farm was running full time over the period.

Drum roll please.... Pass the envelope.

The grand total was $1354.62 for the quarter.

Further detail: 63.33kWh daily consumption/7.95T greenhouse emissions for the quarter.

2.64kW ish consumption

-- Craig

KyleAskine · 2012-02-21, 13:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by nucleon

Ok received my first power bill here in Melbourne where my computer farm was running full time over the period.

Drum roll please.... Pass the envelope.

The grand total was $1354.62 for the quarter.

Further detail: 63.33kWh daily consumption/7.95T greenhouse emissions for the quarter.

2.64kW ish consumption

-- Craig

That sounds about right. I was running 12 big GPU's for another project in the past, and my monthly bill in the summer was over $400 at $.16 a kWh.

garo · 2012-02-21, 21:26

Craig,
You need to move to a colder place. You'll feel less bad about your bill. But seriously may be an idea to ease up a little during the peak summer months. You could have agentleman's agreement with Xyzzy and he would ease up in July/Aug

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2012-01-07, 04:43	#23
kladner "Kieren" Jul 2011 In My Own Galaxy! 2×3×1,693 Posts	Nucleon- At some point it seems that you might consider setting all this up in some kind of rack or shelf arrangement where you could put some larger fans on. A cheapo shelf unit with the back panel removed comes to mind. Maybe combined with 20" box fans, or if that's not enough, high velocity fans. After all, you've already got one mobo just sitting out. You've clearly studied the fan setup you have; you've got numbers on it. I'm just saying that an enclosure can help channel the air flow, instead of having all those fans kind of conflicting with each other. Think wind tunnel. Pardon my rant. Ventilation and air flow tweaking are personal obsessions. Seeing things scattered about makes me itch to do something with all that stuff. I've never dealt with a multi-system setup like that. But I have hacked (read: drills and reciprocating saws) more than one case to make things work better. In OC forums I've seen this called ghetto modding. I'll stop. You've got amazing hardware and produce amazing results.

2012-01-07, 04:54	#24
Dubslow Basketry That Evening! "Bunslow the Bold" Jun 2011 40<A<43 -89<O<-88 3×29×83 Posts	Darned edit limit. "Also, are you using the Bulldozer for anything ATM?"

2012-01-07, 05:42	#25
nucleon Mar 2003 Melbourne 5·103 Posts	Bulldozer is dozing atm :) It's off. Yeah I've migrated the H80 from the bulldozer and put it on the 3930k. Bulldozer now has stock cooler on it. 3930k temps - 60-67degC according to hwinfo64 status. 1.361V For some reason cpuz isn't stable on this win8 build. -- Craig

2012-01-07, 05:59	#26
nucleon Mar 2003 Melbourne 1000000011₂ Posts	@kladner Yes cooling is a bit of a problem. The hex core has allowed me to move things around. Cooling is much better now. I have better placement. It's almost the way I want it, a few more adjustments and I can send update photos to ease those itches :) -- Craig

2012-01-17, 20:46	#29
Dubslow Basketry That Evening! "Bunslow the Bold" Jun 2011 40<A<43 -89<O<-88 16065₈ Posts	So if I understand correctly, if you were to run rsync as (for instance) a daily cron job, then you could set up daily synchronization of two folders on different computers?

2012-02-21, 08:56	#31
nucleon Mar 2003 Melbourne 5·103 Posts	Ok received my first power bill here in Melbourne where my computer farm was running full time over the period. Drum roll please.... Pass the envelope. The grand total was $1354.62 for the quarter. Further detail: 63.33kWh daily consumption/7.95T greenhouse emissions for the quarter. 2.64kW ish consumption -- Craig

2012-02-21, 21:26	#33
garo Aug 2002 Termonfeckin, IE AD0₁₆ Posts	Craig, You need to move to a colder place. You'll feel less bad about your bill. But seriously may be an idea to ease up a little during the peak summer months. You could have agentleman's agreement with Xyzzy and he would ease up in July/Aug