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Borg | |||
'''SCRAPPED AT [[Ujima House]] in Wembley.''' | |||
Borg was a stack of 4 linked machines that combine as one, resulting in half a terabyte of RAM and 64 Cores. It ran Linux designed for High Performance Computing on computationally expensive tasks. | |||
=Status= | =Status= | ||
The BORG cluster | The BORG cluster was complete. The system was Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. We have 4 units in place (the maximum amount) with linux 12.04LTS installed with the usual hackspace credentials. | ||
There are still some tasks to perform before the system is hackspace friendly. See the '''todo''' list below. | There are still some tasks to perform before the system is hackspace friendly. See the '''todo''' list below. | ||
= Naming = | = Naming = | ||
We | We named this machine after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Borg Anita Borg]. | ||
Also the [http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Borg Borg]. | Also the [http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Borg Borg]. | ||
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= Access = | = Access = | ||
Access is | Access is via ssh. This system requires physically plugging in the power cable and launching the complex through the RAS controller on Borg5 | ||
==Steps to boot the cluster== | ==Steps to boot the cluster== | ||
