Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uflorida!haven!decuac!shlump.nac.dec.com!shodha.enet.dec.com!alan From: alan@shodha.enet.dec.com ( Alan's Home for Wayward Notes File.) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: Vax 9000 Information Summary: VAX 9000 stuff. Keywords: Vax 9000 Message-ID: <1920@shodha.enet.dec.com> Date: 3 Nov 90 22:31:02 GMT References: <6998@castle.ed.ac.uk> Organization: Digital Equipment Corp. - Colorado Springs, CO. Lines: 138 In article <6998@castle.ed.ac.uk>, cmb@castle.ed.ac.uk (Colin Brough) writes: > I realise that this request has probably been aired on the net before, > but I missed it first time round...(And sorry if its the wrong group!) > I started doing this from memory, but got the chance to go by work this morning to get a copy of the Systems and Options Catalog and the Fall Decus presentation on the VAX 9000 performance. > I am looking for information on the Vax 9000 series of mainframes from > DEC. Performance (vector and scalar), memory size, I/O connections, > physical configuration, power requirements and cost are all figures I'd > be interested in. Also, what relationship does the 9000 bear to the > earlier 6000 series? Scaler Performance: ~40 VUPS per CPU. I've seen the combined SPEC number, but I don't think we've made it public yet. Vector Performance: Some of the Vector numbers given: 1000x1000 LINPACK - 80 MFLOPS Lawrence Livermore Loops Maximum - 101.3 MFLOPS Arithmetic Mean - 23.3 MFLOPS Geometric Mean - 16.0 MFLOPS Perfect Club - 6 to 24 MFLOPS (*) ADM - 9.0 MFLOPS ARC2D - 11.9 MFLOPS FLO52 - 16.0 MFLOPS OCEAN - 10.0 MFLOPS SPEC77 - 15.3 MFLOPS BDNA - 6.8 MFLOPS MDG - 6.2 MFLOPS OCD - 7.7 MFLOPS TRFD - 10.7 MFLOPS DYFESM - 23.8 MFLOPS SPICE - 4.3 MFLOPS MG3D - N/A MFLOPS TRACK - 5.8 MFLOPS (*) The comment in the original slides is, "These tests are baseline, optimized results will be released later". Memory size: At the moment 256 MB and 512 MB. With higher density memory chips this can be expanded to 2 GB. The operating systems will probably need a couple of changes to support this though. I/O connections: It depends on the model. VAX 9000-210 - One XMI I/O bus included. Up to four VAX channels available. VAX 9000-410/420 - Two XMI I/O buses included. Up to 8 VAXBI channels available. VAX 9000-430/440 - Four XMI I/O buses include. Up to 14 VAXBI channels available. The native XMI I/O adapters currently available are: KDM70: DSA disk and tape controller (8 ports, two available for tapes). VAX 9000-210 - Up to 5 per system. VAX 9000-410/420 - Up to 9 per system. VAX 9000-430/440 - Up to 19 per system. CIXCD: CI adapter. VAX 9000-210 - Up to 8 per system. VAX 9000-4x0 - Up to 10 per system. DEMNA: Ethernet adapter. VAX 9000-210 - Up to 4 per system. VAX 9000-410/420 - Up to 8 per system. VAX 9000-430/440 - Up to 16 per system. The individual operating systems may adjust the numbers of things supported according to tested configurations. Physical configuration: The VAX 9000-210 is a single CPU system in an a set of 60 inch cabinets. There are four cabinets with an optional fifth for the VAXBI expansion. Below are the widths of the cabinets. CPU cabinet - 36 inches System Control Unit and Memory - 26 inches Front End Cabinet - 36 inches VAXBI Cabinet - 29 inches Utility Port Conditioner Cabinet (UPC) - 45 It appears there is an integrated power front-end option available in North America only (H7390). The VAX 9000-410 (single CPU) and VAX 9000-420 (two CPUs) come in a similar configuation to the Model 210. The Front End Cabinet is replaced by a XMI Cabinet that is 29 inches wide and contains two 14 slot XMI I/O buses. The UPC is included. Each cabinet is 72 inches tall, except the VAXBI and UPC cabinets that are still 60 inches tall. The VAX 9000-430 (three CPUs) and VAX 9000-440 include another CPU cabinet, XMI cabinet and UPC cabinet. Power requirements: The following is transcribed as closely as possible from the SOC. 210 410 420 430 440 Amps/phase H7390 35 UPC 208V 35 38 51 51+38 2 x 51 UPC 19 21 28 28+21 2 x 28 (380/416 V) Input Voltage H7370 208 V 50 Hz, 3-phase, 100 amps/phase cir. UPC 208 V 50/60 Hz, 3-phase, 100 amps/phase 380 V/416 V, 50 Hz, 3-phase, 50 amps/phase If you want more details track down a DEC sales critter. Cost: Our on-line price listed didn't have any of the systems and I didn't check the price book. I'd rather not try to guess. > > Thanks in advance for any information. > You're welcome. > __________________________________________________________________________ > Colin Brough Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre -- Alan Rollow alan@nabeth.enet.dec.com