[Beowulf] Fwd: Article about Openlava

2012-10-17 Thread James Cuff
Hi all, Of interest to fellow beowulfers... Jeff did a great job here. Scheduling is still a bear, but David and team are certainly heading in the right direction. I encourage each and every one of us to help support awesome open hpc software like openlava. Best, j. -- dr. james cuff, direct

Re: [Beowulf] Google Throws Open Doors to Its Top-Secret Data Center

2012-10-17 Thread Jörg Saßmannshausen
Bummer, Eugen was a quicker than me. Here are some pictures though: http://www.google.com/about/datacenters/gallery/#/ Regards Jörg On Wednesday 17 October 2012 14:40:12 Eugen Leitl wrote: > (PUE 1.2 doesn't sound so otherworldly to me) > > http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/10/ff-insid

[Beowulf] Google Throws Open Doors to Its Top-Secret Data Center

2012-10-17 Thread Eugen Leitl
(PUE 1.2 doesn't sound so otherworldly to me) http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/10/ff-inside-google-data-center/all/ Google Throws Open Doors to Its Top-Secret Data Center By Steven Levy 10.17.12 7:30 AM Follow @StevenLevy Photo: Google/Connie Zhou If you’re looking for the beating h

Re: [Beowulf] Why We Need a Supercomputer on the Moon

2012-10-17 Thread Tomasz Rola
On Tue, 16 Oct 2012, Lux, Jim (337C) wrote: > As far as equipment.. they do tests all the time on commercial gear > going to ISS (and on shuttle). > > https://nepp.nasa.gov/files/18365/Proton_RHAGuide_NASAAug09.pdf > https://escies.org/download/webDocumentFile?id=305 > http://klabs.org/richconte

Re: [Beowulf] Why We Need a Supercomputer on the Moon

2012-10-17 Thread Tomasz Rola
On Tue, 16 Oct 2012, Lux, Jim (337C) wrote: > > > On 10/15/12 4:09 PM, "Tomasz Rola" wrote: > > >On Tue, 2 Oct 2012, Lux, Jim (337C) wrote: > > > >[...] > >> IN any case, a few years back, I did a design for a >100Mbps link back > >> from Jupiter, and there was nothing particularly bold or uno

Re: [Beowulf] Why We Need a Supercomputer on the Moon

2012-10-17 Thread Tomasz Rola
On Tue, 2 Oct 2012, Lux, Jim (337C) wrote: [...] > IN any case, a few years back, I did a design for a >100Mbps link back > from Jupiter, and there was nothing particularly bold or unobtainium about > it, except the dollar cost and the electrical power requirement. Cool. It would be nice to have