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Supercomputing: Raw Power vs. Massive Storage

Posted by Hemos on from the changing-the-playing-field dept.

securitas writes "The NY Times reports that a pair of Microsoft researchers are challenging the federal policy on funding supercomputers. Gordon Bell and Jim Gray argue that the money would be better spent on massive storage instead of ultra-fast computers because they believe today's supercomputing centers will be tomorrow's superdata centers. They advocate building cheap Linux-based Beowulf clusters (PCs in parallel) instead of supercomputers." NYTimes free reg blah blah.

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  1. Microsoft recommending Linux Beowolf cluster? by seangw · · Score: 5, Funny

    Brings a tear to my eye... life is good.

  2. I'm Sorry... by GTRacer · · Score: 4, Funny
    ...But did you say a pair of Microsofties was advocating the use of Linux Beowulfs for research?

    My calendar says June 2nd. What does yours say?

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  3. They are so FIRED!!!!!! by FreeLinux · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just wait till Bill and Steve hear that their engineers are recommending Linux instead of Windows 2003 Server.

    1. Re:They are so FIRED!!!!!! by fobbman · · Score: 4, Funny

      They may have said Linux, but the request for massive amounts of storage give them away that they are wanting to run a Microsoft OS.

  4. Peanut clusters... by hoggoth · · Score: 5, Funny

    In an earlier story Microsoft researches recommended a Linux cluster. That story has been corrected. The Microsoft researchers recommend a hundreds of un-clustered Windows-XP servers. They claim they were eating Lea-Nuts brand PEANUT clusters at the time of the interview and were misquoted.

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  5. Hrm by mingot · · Score: 5, Funny


    New York Times?

    MSFT'ers recommending Linux?

    I thought they fired that reporter who was making things up :)

  6. Re:Ny Times free reg?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The problem with the New York Times is that they require more authentication from their readers than from their sources.

    Heh, even with the Google hack.

  7. Re:Partner = Slashdot by krisp · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hell, you could use partner=KETCHUP and it will still let you thorugh.