Hello Jeremy, If you have not already, I would suggest doing a portable AG node search on the AG website. You will find archived AG Tech emails outlining the portable single node AG adventure. I am finding, it's a challenge to spec out a single node. Finding and massaging the appropriate video and capture driver support and finding a board with the required slot configuration is a challenge. As I move forward with the design I am working on, I will keep you in the loop and provide design information. A first suggestion is to plan as much time as you can to develop the requirements and to build out your node.
Thank you, John John Langkals Systems Manager OCTS M2021 Physics Research Building 191 West Woodruff Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43210 614.292.6957 Office 614.327.3732 Cell 614.292.7557 FAX www.octs.osu.edu -----Original Message----- From: owner-ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov [mailto:owner-ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of Jeremy Mann Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 5:16 PM To: ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov Subject: [AG-TECH] System options I have been tasked to build a new portable AG node for another University. I want to do it right this time and rackmount everthing that I can in a 12U rack with wheels. I've done some initial searching for 3U and 4U machines from Dell and Monarch and they consider 3U or 4U a "server" and ramp up the price considerably. Also, the motherboards in these machines maybe have 2 PCI slots. For future expansion we need at last 4 capture cards. Would a 4 port capture card work with Linux? Are there any other sites with racked AG nodes? From whom did you buy your computer from? -- Jeremy Mann jer...@biochem.uthscsa.edu University of Texas Health Science Center Bioinformatics Core Facility http://www.bioinformatics.uthscsa.edu Phone: (210) 567-2672
