A great example of why Xeon or Opteron and now PHI and Kepler make a whole lot more sense than Blue Gene or Origin. :) Commodity off the shelf hardware and software solutions continue to make the world go round...............
-----Original Message----- From: beowulf-boun...@beowulf.org [mailto:beowulf-boun...@beowulf.org] On Behalf Of Douglas Eadline Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 7:38 AM To: Lux, Jim (337C) Cc: beowulf@beowulf.org Subject: Re: [Beowulf] Roadrunner shutdown --snip-- > I suspect it's a combination of factors.. power consumption is one, > age is another. At a certain point, you start having maintenance > issues (Prentice's #5 (and maybe the half dozen people who really > understand how box A works are now working on box B, Prentice's #3, > below), and it's time to start over. In a similar vain, I would guess that another straw on the back of Road Runner is the fact that it is a unique design with no next generation or upgrade path. I also know that I/O rates are an important design requirement for these machines that, of course, is not addressed by HPL rank (but makes for good news stories). -- Doug -- Mailscanner: Clean _______________________________________________ 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
