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The LoBoS Supercomputers are an implementation of Beowulf-class supercomputing in the Computational Biophysics Section at the National Institutes of Health. LoBoS, which stands for Lots of Boxes on Shelves, is an ensemble of PCs connected with high speed networks to achieve supercomputer performance at a substantial savings. The strategy is to build a supercomputer using lots of commodity-priced processors instead of fewer expensive "supercomputer" processors to achieve a reduction in the overall price of computation by a factor of 10 or more. The current configuration allows scientists within the collaborating laboratories to study more complex biological systems using computational methods. The LoBoS business model is to purchase the fastest commodity processors available, use them for 18 to 24 months, and then migrate them to the desktop.
 DesignedIn ProductionTo Desktop
LoBoS1/97-4/976/97-3/009/99-3/00
LoBoS27/98-8/9810/98-1/015/01-6/01
LoBoS35-9/0011/00-10/026/02

One bank of LoBoS2 machines

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