Machine Name
Machine Type
Number of CPUs
CPU speed
(MHz)
System RAM
Operating System
entwhistle.ece.cmu.edu
Sun Fire 280R
2
1015
4.0 GB
SunOS 5.8
garcia.ece.cmu.edu
Sun Fire 280R
2
1015
4.0 GB
SunOS 5.8
cobain.ece.cmu.edu
Sun Fire 280R
2
1015
4.0 GB
SunOS 5.8
holly.ece.cmu.edu
Sun Fire 280R
2
1015
4.0 GB
SunOS 5.8
jennings.ece.cmu.edu
Sun Fire 280R
2
1015
4.0 GB
SunOS 5.8
joplin.ece.cmu.edu
Sun Fire 280R
2
1015
4.0 GB
SunOS 5.9
belushi.ece.cmu.edu
Sun Fire 280R
2
1015
4.0 GB
SunOS 5.9
hendrix.ece.cmu.edu
Sun Ultra 80
4
450
4.0 GB
SunOS 5.7
elvis.ece.cmu.edu
Sun Enterprise E6500
10
336
6.25 GB
SunOS 5.7
boole.ece.cmu.edu
IBM 7017-S85
12
>= 450
24.0 GB
AIX 4.3.3.75
  • Please note that in the above table: 1 GB = 1024 MB, 1 MB = 1024 kB, 1 kB = 1024 B(yte).
  • Dates are written in the format YEAR.MONTH.DAY .
  • The information in the above table is correct as of 2004.06.19.
  • All information in the above table may be collected by using one or more of the following commands:
  • /usr/local/bin/uname -a
  • /usr/local/bin/sysinfo
  • /usr/local/bin/top
  • /usr/sbin/psrinfo -v (sun machines only)
  • Since there is no known system command to get the cpu speeds of the IBM servers, they had to be collected indirectly from these URLs:
  • http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/pseries/hardware/factsfeatures.html  for IBM 7017-S85 (please refer to page 8 of the PDF file and look at the column for IBM server pSeries 680)
  • http://www.rs6000.ibm.com/idd500/usr/share/man/info/en_US/a_doc_lib/aixbman/prftungd/2365ax5.htm  for the CPU speeds of IBM 7042/7043 (ED)
  • IBM machine names are based on dead mathematicians and sun machine names are based on dead rock stars. This should serve as a warning to any CSSI student who dreams that one of these machines will be named after himself/herself.