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

    Laugh, it's a joke.

    :Lav

  3. 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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  4. 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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