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G4 Cases Holding Back Clustering Acceptance?

Posted by pudge on from the cases-for-dummies dept.

Mr. Quick writes: "An article at Wired talks about how Mac hardware is well-suited for clustering, but is being held back by the sexy cases. This follows closely on the heels of Apple releasing an optimized version of BLAST. Producing rack-mount *blades* is not in Steve's vision of world domination, but the opportunity exists. I, for one, hope that apple seriously considers developing a rack mounted dual-G4. Quad G4 maybe?"

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  1. Already available by dair · · Score: 3, Informative

    3rd party rack-mounted cases are already out there - from Marathon or GVS. Given how important style is to Apple at the moment, I doubt they're going to branch out into purely functional cases anytime soon...

    -dair

  2. Yellowdog makes 'em by TexTex · · Score: 2, Informative

    For the power of the G4 mixed with linux and stacked serves or a rack mount option, Yellow Dog Linux makes the briQ.

    It runs on amazing little power and you can cram 8 of them in a 4U rack.

    http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/products/briQ/ br iQ.shtml

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