Re: [Beowulf] building Infiniband 4x cluster questions

2011-11-10 Thread Jon Tegner
>>> DRIVERS: >>> Drivers for cards now. Are those all open source, or does it require >>> payment? Is the source released of all those cards drivers, and do >>> they integrate into linux? >> You should get everything you need from the Linux kernel and / or OFED. > > You can also find the drivers o

Re: [Beowulf] HP redstone servers

2011-11-10 Thread Vincent Diepeveen
On Nov 10, 2011, at 6:04 PM, Mark Hahn wrote: >> Who would anyone be interested in buying this at this huge price with >> as far as i can see 0 advantages. > > it's for memcached. it's not for chess. > > I'm not sure how HPC-friendly the current rev is, in that it has > fairly > limited-seemin

[Beowulf] SC 2011 BeoBash Reminder

2011-11-10 Thread Douglas Eadline
In case you missed the previous announcement http://www.xandmarketing.com/beobash11/ -- Doug -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ___ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beow

Re: [Beowulf] HP redstone servers

2011-11-10 Thread Mark Hahn
> Who would anyone be interested in buying this at this huge price with > as far as i can see 0 advantages. it's for memcached. it's not for chess. I'm not sure how HPC-friendly the current rev is, in that it has fairly limited-seeming memory bandwidth. The most interesting aspect is the onchi