you post something about HPC in iceleand, but we all know that's a lie. That's what i wrote.
On Sep 21, 2012, at 4:50 PM, Prentice Bisbal wrote: > Vincent, > > The beowulf mailing list is for discussing matters related Linux > beowulf > clusters, and HPC in general. In practice, this list has always > allowed > a lot of leeway and discussions often veer of tangentially into the > science, technology, and the business/politics surrounding HPC. > > Even with the large amount of leeway observed on this list, your post > below is inappropriate. After reading it several times, your post > appears to contain nothing more than a political attack on Germany. I > can find nothing in your post related to Linux clusters, HPC, > science or > technology. > > There are plenty of forums on the Internet for discussing politics. > This > is not one of them. Please post your political attacks elsewhere. > > -- > Prentice > > > On 09/21/2012 10:21 AM, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >> Typical German marketing. >> >> Say A, do B. >> >> Knowing how German industry works, they probably will deploy one >> computer there when they sell a few more BMW's in Iceland. >> In the meantime their top secret crunching runs on browncoals in >> Germany of course. >> >> A lot cheaper than 4.3 cents a kilowatt hour browncoals are. >> >> An article today in the newspaper suggested German Minister Altmaier >> announced more or less he wants to quit solar panel >> subsidies, and for now announces to dramatically lower it, >> which of course in combination with getting rid of nuclear reactors >> means they're gonna burn even more coals in Germany, >> as *somewhere* they need this huge amount of energy for their >> industry. We're speaking about a 50000 megawatt or so. >> >> Usually they calculate with householeds and ignore the 90-95% of >> energy that companies and especially industry consumes... >> >> Germany is world champion in saying A and doing B. >> >> On Sep 21, 2012, at 3:52 PM, Prentice Bisbal wrote: >> >>> Another news article about datacenters and HPC in Iceland. >>> -- >>> Prentice >>> >>> http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-09-20/ >>> bmw_finds_cool_locale_for_hpc_cluster.html >>> September 20, 2012 >>> >>> BMW Finds Cool Locale for HPC Cluster >>> Robert Gelber >>> >>> Automaker BMW is getting ready to deploy an HPC cluster to run >>> simulations for designing it next-generation ultimate driving >>> machines. As with any supercomputing installation, this one is >>> bound to consume plenty of energy, which translates to high >>> operational expenses. So the car company decided to search for an >>> efficient and environmentally friendly plan to manage their system. >>> They settled on locating the machine at Verne Global’s Ásbrú >>> datacenter in Iceland. >>> >>> September 20, 2012 >>> BMW Finds Cool Locale for HPC Cluster >>> >>> Robert Gelber >>> >>> Automaker BMW is getting ready to deploy an HPC cluster to run >>> simulations for designing it next-generation ultimate driving >>> machines. As with any supercomputing installation, this one is >>> bound to consume plenty of energy, which translates to high >>> operational expenses. So the car company decided to search for an >>> efficient and environmentally friendly plan to manage their system. >>> They settled on locating the machine at Verne Global’s Ásbrú >>> datacenter in Iceland. >>> >>> The country has become an interesting option for datacenter users >>> because of its perpetually cool climate and cheap energy. >>> Electricity in the island nation costs roughly 4.3 cents per >>> kilowatt-hour, thanks to an abundance of renewable energy sources. >>> The country generates most of its electricity from glacier-fed >>> rivers and geothermal vents. Given these resources, it’s no >>> surprise that Verne Global decided to setup their large scale >>> computing facility at an abandoned NATO Air Force base located in >>> the city of Keflavík. >>> >>> Data Center Knowledge reported that Mario Mueller, BMW’s vice >>> president of IT infrastructure and chair at the Open Data Center >>> Alliance (ODCA), brought up the company’s plans at this year’s >>> Intel Developer Forum. The car company will be Verne Global’s fifth >>> customer after CCP Games, Datapipe, Opin Kerfi and GreenQloud. It >>> will also follow ODCA usage models to guide the cluster’s build. >>> >>> This is certainly not the first time a company or organization has >>> considered alternative approaches to providing energy and cooling >>> to a large computing installation. Apple is utilizing solar panels >>> and methane gas from a local landfill to generate electricity for >>> their iCloud datacenter. The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) >>> deployed a top 10 cluster in an oil submersion cooling system and >>> Facebook built one of the world’s most efficient datacenters in >>> Prineville Oregon using designs from the Open Compute Project.The >>> country has become an interesting option for datacenter users >>> because of its perpetually cool climate and cheap energy. >>> Electricity in the island nation costs roughly 4.3 cents per >>> kilowatt-hour, thanks to an abundance of renewable energy sources. >>> The country generates most of its electricity from glacier-fed >>> rivers and geothermal vents. Given these resources, it’s no >>> surprise that Verne Global decided to setup their large scale >>> computing facility at an abandoned NATO Air Force base located in >>> the city of Keflavík. >>> >>> Data Center Knowledge reported that Mario Mueller, BMW’s vice >>> president of IT infrastructure and chair at the Open Data Center >>> Alliance (ODCA), brought up the company’s plans at this year’s >>> Intel Developer Forum. The car company will be Verne Global’s fifth >>> customer after CCP Games, Datapipe, Opin Kerfi and GreenQloud. It >>> will also follow ODCA usage models to guide the cluster’s build. >>> >>> This is certainly not the first time a company or organization has >>> considered alternative approaches to providing energy and cooling >>> to a large computing installation. Apple is utilizing solar panels >>> and methane gas from a local landfill to generate electricity for >>> their iCloud datacenter. The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) >>> deployed a top 10 cluster in an oil submersion cooling system and >>> Facebook built one of the world’s most efficient datacenters in >>> Prineville Oregon using designs from the Open Compute Project. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin >>> Computing >>> To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit >>> http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >> _______________________________________________ >> Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin >> Computing >> To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit >> http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin > Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
