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PowerStation Specs

PostPosted: 01 Aug 2008, 19:10
by billb
YDL PowerStation Specs
Designed to perform.
The Quad-core 970 PowerStation is a deskside tower Workstation and Server that adheres to the SSI EEB system packaging standards. PowerStation offers a four-way SMP system based on the PowerPC 970MP Processor and the CPC945 North Bridge Chip. PCI I/O is provided by integrated Ethernet, integrated SAS (support for external SAS expansion provided), PCI-E and PCI-X slots.

Designed to perform, the YDL PowerStation is a well-rounded high-performance workhorse. Quiet, fast, and robust, this is a box you'll hang on to for a long, long time.

Specs
Microprocessor Quad-core (2 dual-core CPUs) 2.5GHz IBM 970MP processors with AltiVec SIMD acceleration for native 32- and 64-bit processing; 1MB L2 cache per core
RAM (memory) 8 DIMM slots for DDR2 667MHz for up to 32GB RAM; ECC supported
Internal disk storage Adaptec Obsidian 8 port SAS RAID Controller with support for RAID 0/1/10 base and RAID 5 with optional mirror fast write cach daughter card; single 70GB SAS drive by default, up to 4 drives total
1 enhanced IDE for media devices
Connectivity 2 Broadcom HT2000/BCM5780 Gigabit, full duplex ethernet ports
Media bays DVD/CD-RW drive
I/O 4 USB ports
2 general purpose PCI based RS-232
1 console-only (VTY) SuperIO based serial port via RJ45 connector
Expansion 1 PCIe x16 connector with 75W capacity with ATI X1650 Pro graphics card
2 PCIe x8 connector with 32W capacity
1 PCI-X connector with 25W capacity
System Management Base Management Controller (BMC) function with Renesas BMCS2166 support, functions include: Chip initialization, Thermal monitoring, Voltage monitoring, Fan monitoring / control, Fault/Identify LED control, and Service Processor Interface
Operating systems SLOF firmware
Yellow Dog Linux
Power requirements 220/110V A/C, 815 Watt max power supply

Terra Soft executed ~60 simultaneous kernel builds, spread across the 4 cores, and measured a maximum power draw of 3.1A at 110V. This was with one SAS drive, one video card, and no additional I/O expansion cards.

Re: PowerStation Specs

PostPosted: 05 Aug 2008, 17:48
by CronoCloud
Oooh very nice. But does it run Li...yes, yes it does. Imagine a Beo....oh wait, they already have. I suppose I should welcome our Powerstation overlords. I was surprised when I saw the announcement, maybe Apple will start thinking: "maybe we shouldn't have dumped PPC entirely after all." ;-)

Ron Rogers Jr. (CronoCloud)

Re: PowerStation Specs

PostPosted: 23 Jan 2010, 13:12
by oeboeroe
I am a little search impaired, but what are the prices on a powerstation? All I need is the case, psu, mobo and cpu(s).

And what is the roadmap, for instance is POWER7 on there?

Re: PowerStation Specs

PostPosted: 23 Jan 2010, 15:43
by billb
Actually I don't believe they're making these any more -- I don't see any information regarding them on the Fixstars site.

Re: PowerStation Specs

PostPosted: 23 Jan 2010, 17:23
by oeboeroe
billb wrote:Actually I don't believe they're making these any more -- I don't see any information regarding them on the Fixstars site.


Hey Billb, thank you for your reply and sorry for posting in such an old thread.

This is what I am looking for, I have got my cluster going now (CELL) all i need is a master with the power to control.

I will email fixstars, maybe they have some refurbished/rma powerstations around. I am still in the prototype stage so hardware support is not that important.

Regards.

Re: PowerStation Specs

PostPosted: 23 Jan 2010, 19:03
by ppietro
oeboeroe wrote:
billb wrote:Actually I don't believe they're making these any more -- I don't see any information regarding them on the Fixstars site.


Hey Billb, thank you for your reply and sorry for posting in such an old thread.

This is what I am looking for, I have got my cluster going now (CELL) all i need is a master with the power to control.

I will email fixstars, maybe they have some refurbished/rma powerstations around. I am still in the prototype stage so hardware support is not that important.

Regards.


Can't find any current product listings - darn - but here's an old post concerning price:

http://lists.fixstars.com/pipermail/pow ... 00197.html

Cheers,
Paul

Re: PowerStation Specs

PostPosted: 23 Jan 2010, 21:06
by oeboeroe
well I have mailed fixstars..

Re: PowerStation Specs

PostPosted: 25 Jan 2010, 05:56
by oeboeroe
from fixstars

I'm so sorry, but we cannot provide YDL PowerStation.
It is true that there are a few HWs in our warehouse, but these are
verification and alternative machine to do technical support for
current user


I am a little sad, but I am just too late... just like when my dad decided to buy the first p 90 instead of one of the DECchip 21x64 series (same store mind you).

(on to ebay?)