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LinuxBIOS, BProc-Based Supercomputer For LANL

Posted by timothy on from the yeah-but-what-about-the-neon-lights dept.

An anonymous reader writes "LANL will be receiving a 1024 node (2048 processor) LinuxBIOS/BProc based supercomputer late this year. The story is at this location. This system is unique in Linux cluster terms due to no disks on compute nodes, using LinuxBIOS and Beoboot to accomplish booting, and BProc for job startup and management. It is officially known as the Science Appliance, but is affectionately known as Pink to the team that is building much of it."

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  1. Wait... by hkhanna · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Pardon my ignorance, but would this be considered a Beowulf cluster? I mean everyone on /. talks about them so is this it, finally? A real live, Beowulf cluster? If so, imagine a beowulf cluster of beowulf clusters.

    Or, a beowulf cluster of beowulf clusters of beowulf clusters. The possibilities are infinite (literally.)

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  2. In the meantime...... by Billly+Gates · · Score: 1, Redundant
    ....RMS rants about pink and demands everyone call it GNUpink.

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