Open Source Mainframe Computer
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Basics
- A device used for large amounts of simple calculations
- Consists of various network swithces in a rack cabinet
Used For
- Centralized Banking
- Flight booking at an airport
- Large store checkout calculations
- E-commerce)
Industry Standards
Existing Open Source Designs
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Minimum Viable Product
- As cheap and power efficient as possible, while still retaining high power and speed (ie a nice balance if you were to make a graph with the two as the x and y axis)
- Scalable to many formats/standards form sub GB ethernet all the way to 300 Gbit/s infiniband
- Low Latency
- Scalable from low users, to airport/concert level of users
- Optional Built in VPN, and Tor + any othe encryption capabilities
- Made in partenership with OCI and the Free Network Foundation
Basic Design
Rack Cabinet
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Basic CPU Based Server Computer
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1 GBE Swithch(s)
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10 GBE Switch(s)
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100 GBE Switch(s)
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Infiniband Switch(s) (Coaxial Cable Variant)
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Infiniband Switch(s) (Fiber Optic Cable Variant)
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Modems
- ?x Satalite Modem(s)
- ?x Cellular (4g or 5g most likely) Modem(s)
- ?x Fiber Modem(s)
- ?x Coaxial Cable Modem(s)
- ?x DSL Modem(s)
- Network Aggregator(s)
Power Supply Units
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BOM
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See Also
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