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> From: beowulf-boun...@beowulf.org [mailto:beowulf-boun...@beowulf.org] On
> Behalf Of Greg Lindahl
> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 1:35 PM
> To: beowulf@beowulf.org
> Subject: Re: [Beowulf] Broadcast - not for HPC - or is it?
>
> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 08:21:55
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 08:21:55PM +1000, Matt Hurd wrote:
> This was not designed for HPC but for low-latency trading as it beats
> a switch in terms of speed. Primarily focused on low-latency
> distribution of market data to multiple users as the port to port
> latency is in the range of 5-7 na
On 10/4/2010 11:05 PM, John Hearns wrote:
The 8 motherboard system will help you learn about cluster install
techniques - how to install the smae image on many systems, or how to
run systems with no disks, and also will teach a lot about networking
- as you fundamentally have to have a network t
On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 3:40 PM, John Hearns wrote:
> However this device might be very interesting if you redefine your
> parallel processing paradigm.
I would say that's always true :-) If you can change the way you do
things, then adapting to the most appropriate hardware/software
combination m
On Oct 4, 2010, at 9:44 PM, Mark Hahn wrote:
>> IN CLUSTER COMPUTING, IS THE AMOUNT OF CORE THAT COUNTS?
>
> no. it's the application that counts.
>
>> If I build a cluster with 8 motherboards with 1 single core each would it
>> be the same as using just one motherboard but with two quad core
On 5 October 2010 14:23, Bogdan Costescu wrote:
>
> HPC usage is a mixture of point-to-point and collective
> communications; most (all?) MPI library use low level point-to-point
> communications to achieve collective ones over Ethernet.. Another
> important point is that the collective communicat
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Matt Hurd wrote:
> I'm associated with a somewhat stealthy start-up. Only teaser product
> with some details out so far is a type of packet replicator.
>From your description as well as from a quick look at the website, it
looks and smells like a hub - I mean a
> IN CLUSTER COMPUTING, IS THE AMOUNT OF CORE THAT COUNTS?
> If I build a cluster with 8 motherboards with 1 single core each would it
> be the same as using just one motherboard but with two quad core
> processors? I wanna build one of these but wanna save money and space and
> if what counts is
