RE: [Beowulf] Pretty High Performance Computing

2008-10-09 Thread Dan.Kidger
5 5519 --- www.quadrics.com<http://www.quadrics.com/> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Hearns Sent: 24 September 2008 16:06 To: beowulf@beowulf.org Subject: Re: [Beowulf] Pretty High Performance Computing 2008/9/24 Ellis Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Beowulf] Pretty High Performance Computing

2008-09-25 Thread Robert G. Brown
On Tue, 23 Sep 2008, Ellis Wilson wrote: I guess I don't quite understand why you disagree Prentice. With the exception that middleware doesn't strive to be a classification per se, just a solution, it still consists of a "style of computing where you sacrifice absolute high performance because

Re: [Beowulf] Pretty High Performance Computing

2008-09-24 Thread andrew holway
> I call this Pretty High Performance Computing (PHPC). Or high productivity computing? ___ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf

Re: [Beowulf] Pretty High Performance Computing

2008-09-24 Thread Robert G. Brown
On Tue, 23 Sep 2008, Jon Forrest wrote: Given the recent discussion of whether running multiple services and other such things affects the running of a cluster, I'd like to propose a new classification of computing. I call this Pretty High Performance Computing (PHPC). This is a style of comput

RE: [Beowulf] Pretty High Performance Computing

2008-09-24 Thread Lux, James P
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Hearns Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 8:06 AM To: beowulf@beowulf.org Subject: Re: [Beowulf] Pretty High Performance Computing 2008/9/24 Ellis Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> Thi

Re: [Beowulf] Pretty High Performance Computing

2008-09-24 Thread John Hearns
2008/9/24 Ellis Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > This assumes my understanding of middleware is correct in that it is a > package or entire system that simplifies things by being somewhat > blackboxed and ready to go. Anything canned like tuna is bound to > contain too much salt. > > I believe that

Re: [Beowulf] Pretty High Performance Computing

2008-09-24 Thread Prentice Bisbal
Middleware is something that goes in between, hence the name middleware. In the case of HPC, I would call ROCKS or Platform OCS middleware. These software packages go in between the administrator and the actual cluster software/OS configuration to make things easier to configure. They are in the mi

Re: [Beowulf] Pretty High Performance Computing

2008-09-23 Thread Ellis Wilson
I guess I don't quite understand why you disagree Prentice. With the exception that middleware doesn't strive to be a classification per se, just a solution, it still consists of a "style of computing where you sacrifice absolute high performance because of issues relating to any combination o

Re: [Beowulf] Pretty High Performance Computing

2008-09-23 Thread Prentice Bisbal
Vincent Diepeveen wrote: I'd argue we might know this already as middleware. That makes absolutely no sense. Best regards from a hotel in Beijing, Vincent On Sep 23, 2008, at 10:32 PM, Jon Forrest wrote: Given the recent discussion of whether running multiple services and other such things

Re: [Beowulf] Pretty High Performance Computing

2008-09-23 Thread Vincent Diepeveen
I'd argue we might know this already as middleware. Best regards from a hotel in Beijing, Vincent On Sep 23, 2008, at 10:32 PM, Jon Forrest wrote: Given the recent discussion of whether running multiple services and other such things affects the running of a cluster, I'd like to propose a new

[Beowulf] Pretty High Performance Computing

2008-09-23 Thread Jon Forrest
Given the recent discussion of whether running multiple services and other such things affects the running of a cluster, I'd like to propose a new classification of computing. I call this Pretty High Performance Computing (PHPC). This is a style of computing where you sacrifice absolute high perf