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 Planning for zBox4 began in the Spring of 2011, but these plans were partially scrapped in the late Fall of 2011 to await the arrival the Intel Sandy Bridge E5 chip with 8 cores and 4 memory channels per chip and main boards to support it. Serious planning began again in the Spring of 2012 and construction began end of September 2012. The dismantling of zBox3 and the construction of zBox4 was performed by volunteer students, postdocs and friends of the Institute, with even a few professors lending a helping hand. Planning for zBox4 began in the Spring of 2011, but these plans were partially scrapped in the late Fall of 2011 to await the arrival the Intel Sandy Bridge E5 chip with 8 cores and 4 memory channels per chip and main boards to support it. Serious planning began again in the Spring of 2012 and construction began end of September 2012. The dismantling of zBox3 and the construction of zBox4 was performed by volunteer students, postdocs and friends of the Institute, with even a few professors lending a helping hand.
  
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 ===== Specifications ===== ===== Specifications =====
 ==== Hardware ==== ==== Hardware ====
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   * SSD: **192** OCZ 128 GB high performance Vertex 4 drives, **24.6 TB in Total**   * SSD: **192** OCZ 128 GB high performance Vertex 4 drives, **24.6 TB in Total**
   * HPC Network: QLogic/​Intel QDR Infiniband in 2:1 fat tree (9 leaf and 3 core switches)   * HPC Network: QLogic/​Intel QDR Infiniband in 2:1 fat tree (9 leaf and 3 core switches)
-  * Gbit Ethernet and seerate ​dedicated 100 Mbit management networks+  * Gbit Ethernet and dedicated 100 Mbit management networks
   * Power usage (full load): 44 kW   * Power usage (full load): 44 kW
   * Dimensions (L x W x H): 1.5m x 1.5m x 1.7m   * Dimensions (L x W x H): 1.5m x 1.5m x 1.7m
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 ** Elena Biesma (Supermicro) **: for her continuous help and for organizing the special production of the motherboards for the project! ** Elena Biesma (Supermicro) **: for her continuous help and for organizing the special production of the motherboards for the project!
  
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 === All who helped build it: === === All who helped build it: ===
zbox/zbox4.1414419630.txt.gz · Last modified: 2014/10/27 15:20 by stadel