The second-most powerful machine in the lab, after unicron. Duke and ASM are little babies compared to this bad boy.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Server Type | It's a desktop (a documentation writer's worst nightmare) |
| CPU | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-Core Processor |
| RAM | 64 GB |
| GPU | 2x NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 |
| Networking | Ethernet must be connected to the topmost Ethernet port |
| Hard Disks | 1TB SSD |
| OS | Ubuntu Desktop 18.04 LTS |
Snowy was a purchase order as part of Arya Kumar's 2019 Senior Research project. He went through a bunch of different names as the case kept getting delayed in the mail, eventually arriving 3 months late.
Snowy is currently sitting on the floor by the Sun and HPC racks. Its ethernet cable comes from the Sun Rack and power is a mess.
- Snowy was supposed to have 4x NVIDIA RTX 2080, but there wasn't enough room in the case; the fans on the bottom take up too much space.
- After completing the build, someone posted a picture of it to https://old.reddit.com/r/PCMasterRace. It quickly amassed 12.3k upvotes.
- Snowy originally had three RTX 2080s. The middle one got too hot sometimes and thermal throttled. It ultimately caught fire in 2021. Now there are only two RTX 2080s.
- Nearly everything in the case has RGB LEDs on it, except for the CPU.
- The Cluster lead wanted the Ethernet port information to be put here.