Re: [Beowulf] Given all the recent infrastructure talk...

2012-10-04 Thread Joe Landman
On 10/04/2012 01:30 PM, Andrew Holway wrote: >> bitter? sure. to me Canadian HPC is on the verge of extinction, >> partly because of this issue. > > Is Canadien HPC a distinct entity from US HPC? Quite distinct. US has XSEDE and a number of other national/regional and national lab initiatives.

Re: [Beowulf] Given all the recent infrastructure talk...

2012-10-04 Thread Andrew Holway
> bitter? sure. to me Canadian HPC is on the verge of extinction, > partly because of this issue. Is Canadien HPC a distinct entity from US HPC? For instance; although chock full of HPC and computational science Ireland does not have enough HPC to support its own industry. They seem to buy from

Re: [Beowulf] Given all the recent infrastructure talk...

2012-10-04 Thread Mark Hahn
> ...it looks like some folks still subscribe to the "racks of desktops" > model. See that's great news! the worst thing about academic HPC in recent years is the incredibly risk aversion and bureaucratic sclerosis. when an organization only ever considers buying name-brand products, it's toa

[Beowulf] Given all the recent infrastructure talk...

2012-10-03 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
...it looks like some folks still subscribe to the "racks of desktops" model. See . Is there anyone here from Sandia who wants to comment on the cluster design decision? -- Joshua Baker-LePain QB3 Shared Cl