[ale] Linux may rule the Super Computer list....

[Christopher Fowler]

One of our customers has 10,000 Rackable nodes.


On Sat, 2004-10-30 at 23:48, Dow Hurst wrote:
> A good way to get guaranteed good SGI hardware at lower prices is to buy 
> from www.xsnet.com located in Alpharetta.  Additionally, www.mce.com has 
> good prices but shipping is much higher since they are in California.  
> We use both these guys for hardware support since we depend on the 
> systems we have to run.  I finally have a 16p Origin 2400.  We are 
> getting decent performance on the codes we are running(NAMD and CHARMM), 
> however, I can't wait to build out the Linux cluster.  I've talked with 
> Jeffrey Layton for advice and have looked at Rackable's systems.  They 
> provide racks with built in DC to power each node so eliminating the A/C 
> power supplies.  With a diskless configuration we can increase the life 
> of the cluster by a order of magnitude.  It is a bit more expensive to 
> get the initial racks, and rectifiers, but I think longevity of the 
> hardware is important to me.
> Dow
> 
> 
> James P. Kinney III wrote:
> 
> >It would help if the repoter could get the numbers right. Each altix
> >houses 512 Itanium2 processors, not the 10,240, the total system count.
> >
> >SGI is making some hardware to drool over.
> >
> >I've been slobering over a 12p Origin 2000 rack on eBay. My wiser,
> >better half has vhemently vetoed it.
> >
> >On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 15:38, Jim Lynch wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>If we make the cut, we might be the first Linux powered Super Computer 
> >>to be at the top of the Linpack list.
> >>
> >>http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3427321
> >>
> >>Incidently, the latest number is 51+ Terraflops.  The smaller number 
> >>mentioned in the article was with only a part of the systems running.
> >>
> >>
> >>Claimer.  I have an interest in this company.  8)
> >>Jim.
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