 nfxThe WirePremium
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Vancouver, BC
kudos:1 | [Rant]I've been thinking... Team Starfire's "Crunchenstein"..it just..dazzles me! The sheer power is jaw-dropping. Oh, and the organization it must've needed to get it all set-up.
Makes me wonder what it takes to get one for our team...er, if we ever decided to get one of course. What kind of parts would we need? How much money would it take? Could we commit to such a big project? Who would organize it? Would we be the first to try it for UD?
Bah, pipe dreams.
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 ScottPremium
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Indianapolis, IN | said by nfx:
Team Starfire's "Crunchenstein"..
What is that?
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 StarfishPer Ardua Ad AstraExMod 2002-04
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said by nfx:
Team Starfire's "Crunchenstein"..
What is that?
See:
»DC Projects »What is the Crunchenstein Project?
»www.crunchenstein.org/ |
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ScottPremium
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Indianapolis, IN | said by Starfish:
said by Scott:
said by nfx:
Team Starfire's "Crunchenstein"..
What is that?
See:
»DC Projects »What is the Crunchenstein Project?
»www.crunchenstein.org/
Awesome!
I think that this great team should do so. I would be willing to contribute anything asked. Let me know
I think we can do this if we work together. Let's make it happen.
I think SlashDot14 or Rescue85
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 OtterboyyShhh..You Don't See MePremium
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Its an amazing amount of time involved to put that together.
Many on the Seti team have gotten together to get the parts, donate money ect.
Research on what boards and cpu's to use.
Where the best prices are.
Testing and burn in of the boards.
Not to mention the cost of running the monster as well as the heat produced by it and the time in maintaining it.
It's alot of work and a major time commitment from some folks.
Thats what I can think of what it takes.
Otterboyy
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P.S. I have a small idea of what this takes as I am on the board of directors for the Crunchenstien (yes there is a Board of Directors for it).
This is being discussed here:
»[Rant]I've been thinking...
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nfxThe WirePremium
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kudos:1 | Otterboy, do you have a rough estimate on how much you guys spent in total on crunchenstein? |
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 SlavaPremium,MVM
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Fair Lawn, NJ | reply to nfx
said by nfx:
What kind of parts would we need? How much money would it take? Could we commit to such a big project? Who would organize it? Would we be the first to try it for UD?
Guys I am A member of Crunchenstein Association Members.
I have been on the project from day 1.
And I must say that although that project brought a lot of excitement to the team
and probably made the team closer and much stronger by doing it at the outcome of it all.
I must add that it didn't come without road bumps.
And before it was all said and done there where a few members that did get there feelings hurt.
I believe that history does repeat itself.
But with that said we can also learn from the past and make sure that those same issues would not affect us.
But all of this can easily be followed up on by doing a little research in the Seti forum,
and seeing just how it all unfolded. 
As for your questions NFX, the parts and money are very well documented and can probably all be found at the crunchenstein link that you have here.
As for your last 3 questions that is all up to us.
And if there is another project like this out there can probably be found at the UD forum.
I would truly love for this team to make something like this happen.
Maybe a good idea would be is for me to follow of on this post with a poll
to see how many members of this team would be interested in this project.
Before we started all this at Starfire we did a lot of research and one of those
things we looked at was the preliminary thought of our team members.
To see how many would get on this project if we went ahead and proceeded with it.
One major difference that we have at Starfire is that we probably have double the amount
of team members that we have for both UD and TSC.
And that might be important for many reasons that I won't go into in this post.
So Lets do a probe post and see how much interest there really is for something like this.
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SlavaPremium,MVM
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Fair Lawn, NJ | reply to Otterboyy
Thanks for jumping in on this Mark....
While I was composing and spell checking my post, there where 2 others made(yours was the first). 
I'm also really happy we have the experience here that went through it all. And if we go ahead with it, we will have a lot of help.
Not only from the members of this team, but also with no doubt that members of team Starfire will jump in and give there advice. 
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SlavaPremium,MVM
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said by nfx:
Otterboy, do you have a rough estimate on how much you guys spent in total on crunchenstein?
This link should give you an idea of what our team members donated for Crunchenstein two.
»IMPORTANT!! CII 100% Commited Day 10 Update
#1 was about the same, and this is excluding all the parts that where donated by team members.
R/ slava |
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nfxThe WirePremium
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kudos:1 | reply to Slava
said by Slava:
One major difference that we have at Starfire is that we probably have double the amount
of team members that we have for both UD and TSC.
And that might be important for many reasons that I won't go into in this post.
Hmm, i think i know what you're talking about. That is a big factor in a project like this, if we don't have the resources then it just won't take off (or maybe it will but the outcome may not be what we expect).
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OtterboyyShhh..You Don't See MePremium
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Anaheim, CA | Disclamer** I had a decently long reply typed out and by fumble fingers it got deleted. Because I don't have the time right now to retype the dang thing I'll condense it down
said by nfx:
Hmm, i think i know what you're talking about. That is a big factor in a project like this, if we don't have the resources then it just won't take off (or maybe it will but the outcome may not be what we expect).
One thing to consider is that it doesn't have to be 12 blades or even 6. One question to think about is where is the "Worth it?" line?
Does it take much to setup 2 boards? 4?
Granted the cost savings is not there on the equipment, time investment is lower as well as electric and cooling costs.
Is 2 or 4 blades worth the output for TSC or UD?
Just some things to think about.
Otterboyy
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OtterboyyShhh..You Don't See MePremium
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said by Slava:
Thanks for jumping in on this Mark....
While I was composing and spell checking my post, there where 2 others made(yours was the first).
No problem. I actually had some free time today to sit and think about more things than perl and oracle stuff so you got my 2 cents.
Also as a Seti team member and TSC team member, thanks for all your input and visibility you give both of these projects (oh ya.. UD too.)
Otterboyy
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 rescue85In Memory of Guinness 03-30-07Premium
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Brick, NJ | reply to nfx
I noticed my name posted in here, so I must respond
I have no idea what cruncherstien is but I would be certainly willing to read it over and offer what I can. From reading this thread it sounds like a very involved project but its sounds challanging and fun.
-John
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I been researching how to build one myself. I'm game if you are.
Edit - found the link I was looking for.»forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showthrea···d=122568
Team Helix built one like this.
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 CalibanGo TeamPremium
join:2002-07-25
Cumberland, MD | reply to nfx
I'm on board, full steam ahead. Just tell me what you need or what I can do. This is a project that should happen, it's a good thing and something we can all be proud of, a legacy of works for something that matters. Tell me when. Crunch on teammates.
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nfxThe WirePremium
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kudos:1 | reply to ColdinCbus
nice link! The nice fellow included some how-to's in his post too . |
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| I like the idea of running 2 blades with one PS. That would help to cut down the cost of maintaining. We can't use the linux flavor disk-less OS because UD doesn't support it so we would need a drive for each blade. I like the design though. |
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OtterboyyShhh..You Don't See MePremium
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said by ColdinCbus:
I been researching how to build one myself. I'm game if you are.
Edit - found the link I was looking for.»forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showthrea···d=122568
Team Helix built one like this.
[text was edited by author 2003-03-21 09:28:37]
I liked the link and design as well.
I drove myself nuts looking for the referenced Gator HowTo file there and never found it.
But I was thinking that I could build something like this and heat the garage =)
Otterboyy
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OtterboyyShhh..You Don't See MePremium
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said by ColdinCbus:
I like the idea of running 2 blades with one PS. That would help to cut down the cost of maintaining. We can't use the linux flavor disk-less OS because UD doesn't support it so we would need a drive for each blade. I like the design though.
Pardon my ignorance here on UD and TSC.
But once the O/S is up and a drive mapped to the server, you can't run the UD or TSC client from that mapped drive?
Oh and if this is off topic and to much to answer in this thread, please IM me and I'll re-post it in a new thread to keep this thread on topic.
Otterboyy
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| I don't think it is off topic at all and I was un-clear. I meant we couldn't use Linux because the they don't support it. We would need to designate drive space for each blade or at least that is how I would do it. |
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