On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 09:15:46AM -0400, Douglas Eadline wrote: > 3) "closed plumbing" - the underlying software cannot be > altered or examined by the user. [...] > Case 3, really has no relevance in Linux clusters. The plumbing > is open (http://www.clustermonkey.net//content/view/24/33/)
I just flew Song from Atlanta to San Jose, and they had to reboot the seat-back screens. Linux, apparently a separate computer for each screen. If you're buying a supercomputing appliance, you may not care about altering the software, and it may indeed be a commodity Linux cluster inside. (It was running some embedded Red Hat thingie with lots of weird modules. I should have scribbled down some details, but I had just downed 2 Mint Juleps. Ahhh.) > In summary, there is no requirement that a fast cluster must > be "vendor entangled". My advice is get entangled with > an integrator/consultant that understands cluster > hardware and software so they can help you get the best > price-to-performance for your application(s). This is good advice, although rarely followed these days. -- greg _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
