[Beowulf] RAID for dummies

2007-01-16 Thread Steve Heaton
Came across this :) http://www.epidauros.be/raid.jpg I'm sure we can pick faults in the analogy... seeing most 'wulf keepers have a decent physics background but hey. Fun pic :) Cheers Stevo ___ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change yo

RE: [Beowulf] SGI to offer Windows on clusters

2007-01-16 Thread Michael Will
That is an interesting article... So I assume they went chapter 11 and microsoft ressurrected them as a vehicle to market their cluster solution? Just wait for the Zombie processes ;-) Michael -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mikael Fredri

Re: [Beowulf] SGI to offer Windows on clusters

2007-01-16 Thread Eric Shook
I talked to our SGI rep about this yesterday and he told me they are not really targeting "hard-core" university research where Linux/UNIX already has a strong foot hold. Instead this is for the Business sector where simplified workflows and having easy HPC integration into an already 100% Win

[Beowulf] SGI to offer Windows on clusters

2007-01-16 Thread Mikael Fredriksson
Hi all of You Beowulfers. This article: "SGI to offer Windows on clusters" might be worth reading... http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9007859&source=NLT_PM&nlid=8 Any comments? Regards MF ___