Sun Releases Starcat

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday September 25, 2001 @06:20AM from the latest-and-greatest dept.

SilentChris writes: "Sun has released the Starcat server, a beast with up to 106 processors running Unix. Anyone have an extra couple [million] bucks lying around?" They're not cheap.

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Yeah by SpanishInquisition · 2001-09-25 06:22 · Score: 3, Funny

At last a platform to get descent java performance...

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just wait by smnolde · 2001-09-25 06:22 · Score: 5, Funny

until it shows up on e-bay from a disgruntled former dot bomb employee who five-fingered it from a linux shop which stole BSD code.
Re:For those beowolf comments by nion · 2001-09-25 06:29 · Score: 5, Funny

It is not a good idea if all you want to do is get to the top of the list for the SETI@Home project.

Been there, done that. Tech here working with the StarFire used to run Seti@Home on idle systems. 64 400MHz UltraSparcs. Team Sun@Home rose rather quickly in the ranks those days, I hear. ;)

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They need one! by MSBob · 2001-09-25 06:30 · Score: 3, Funny

Sun themselves are in a need for boxes like that as their website seems severely slashdotted right now.

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1. Re:They need one! by friscolr · 2001-09-25 08:30 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  sun put the dot in dot com,
  but slashdot took it out.
  
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All I want for Christmas... by digital_freedom · 2001-09-25 06:35 · Score: 4, Funny

Dear Santa,
I've been a real good gEek this year. I wrote several white-hat worms to fix IIS holes. I defended IP rights in the Linux kernel. I also mirrored the LOTR trailer.
Could I please get just one little old Starcat Server from Sun? Please make sure it is the 106 processor version with 576 GB of RAM.
I will be real good and use my idle time for SETI.

Your pal,
digital_freedom

P.S. Chocolate chip cookies are your favorite right?
The marketrons are going to _freak out_. by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-25 06:42 · Score: 5, Funny

"Wow, look at all the hits we're getting on the Starcat shopping cart! We're going to make a mint on these suckers!"
Re:That's it... by Magumbo · 2001-09-25 07:26 · Score: 3, Funny

Um. I believe Starcat Cluster is a trademark owned by the Little Debbie Food Group Inc., Lubbock Texas. It consists of two Star Crunch patties glued together with Mallow Kreeme filling. Then dipped in a Chocolastic sealant.

Just watch out. I hear Debbie has quite a few lawyers.
Re:Brought TCO WAAAY down by elmegil · 2001-09-25 08:16 · Score: 3, Funny

Far cheaper than the time spent waiting for the Sun tech who comes, and then bends the fucking pins on a CPU trying to install it.
Let's see...
Sparc 1 box, CPU pretty much part of the MB, unless you get one of those fancy Weitek things. CPU fails, tech replaces MB, no pins to bend.
Sparc 2, Sparc IPX, etc, same story.
Sparc 20, suddenly we have CPUs with pins on them. Coulda happened. Of course, that hasn't been current tech for several years.
UltraSparc line comes out...pressure fittings for the Enterprise servers, no pins to bend. Deskside UltraSparc (like E250, E450), no pins to bend, the CPU is on a card just like Intel does these days.
Ultrasparc III line comes out, big servers don't even use pressure fittings--if you lose a CPU, you get a new system board. Deskside US III (SunBlade 1000) uses a card similar to older deskside units, and has rails to line it up and a torque tool to seat it. Don't see too many bent pins there.
So, apparently you got burned once a very long time ago with a Sparc 20. Don't you think it's time to get over it?

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Insecure by Syberghost · 2001-09-25 08:37 · Score: 3, Funny

I thought we weren't supposed to use strcat anymore, because it's subject to buffer overflows?
strcat? by J'raxis · 2001-09-25 09:00 · Score: 5, Funny

We all know strncat() is better.

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