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Coolest Cluster Ever

Posted by chrisd on from the love-them-shuttle-cases dept.

sw155kn1f3 writes "Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory built a cheap (less than $1k per unit) 294-unit Beowulf claster dedicated to run astrophysics calculations. According to their website it's 85th fastest computer in the world. Seems cool and promising as it made with cheap components and off the shelf hardware."

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  1. Imagine... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Imagine a single unit of these...

  2. Obligatory by BSDevil · · Score: 4, Funny

    Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these...Beo...shit - I knew this joke would have to end at some point.

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    1. Re:Obligatory by paganizer · · Score: 3, Funny

      Oddly enough, I was just going to make the exact same post. Thank you for sparing me. Freenet IS the hope of the future

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  3. Whoah.. by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    "According to their website it's 85th fastest computer in the world. Seems cool and promising as it made with cheap components and off the shelf hardware."

    I'm guessing the story submitters ran out of anti-MS ammo tonight. Heh.

    It's satire, laugh.

    1. Re:Whoah.. by enneff · · Score: 4, Funny

      I thought satire was supposed to be funny.

  4. Hmm... by lvdrproject · · Score: 5, Funny
    1. Create Beowulf cluster
    2. ???
    3. SLASHDOT!

    Laugh, it's a joke.

    :Lav

  5. Or.... by raehl · · Score: 5, Funny

    They could spend their $3k on something actually needed by 100 people thinking about spending $3k to share a spot on a fastest computers list.

    Like a prosititute.

    You go to your high school reunion, what's, more impressive, the "Hugh Hefner" 100 $3k prostitutes that come with you, or the "Bill Gates" story about the 300 1k computers in your mom's basement?

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  6. 85th Fastest in the World? by serutan · · Score: 4, Funny

    The photo alone is worth surfing over to the article. As Socrates once said, "what a rack!"

    But now that they've got the 85th fastest computer, what will they have to do to maintain that coveted position? I imagine the people who are running 86th are rushing out to buy more nodes. My own computer is the world's 27,385,422nd fastest, and I'm battling like crazy to get to 27,385,421. :-)

    1. Re:85th Fastest in the World? by The+Wooden+Badger · · Score: 3, Funny
      My own computer is the world's 27,385,422nd fastest, and I'm battling like crazy to get to 27,385,421.

      I'm not going down without a fight.

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  7. Re:Uh oh by MoThugz · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, it's stupid... as you can see from the article itself, everyone involved in that project has a @*.gov email.

    Sheesh...

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  8. Re:cheap clusters can also be bad by Moses+Lawn · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ladies and gentlemen, we have a replacement for Jon Katz...

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  9. Re:And they used Shuttle XPC SS51Gs! by ryochiji · · Score: 5, Funny
    > They didn't even use a rack mount solution

    I was thinking that too when I saw the picture. I mean, how are they securing those boxes? The way it looks, I certainly wouldn't want to be standing near that rack when an earthquake hits...

    But then, imagine: Cause of death: crushed by Beowulf cluster. That's a geek's dream come true!

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