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How to get 1.5 TeraFlops from Linux

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the squeeze-out-the-flops dept.

Oak Ridge National Lab has purchased from SGI an Altix 3000 (flash movie). This article claims that: SGI Altix 3000 is recognized as the first Linux cluster that scales up to 64 processors within each node and the first cluster ever to allow global shared memory access across nodes. There is more here, here, and here.

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  1. Imagine. by inertia187 · · Score: 0, Insightful

    Imagine a beowulf cluster of those!

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  2. Just wait. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    1) Buy 100 PS3's.
    2) Cluster them together mit linux
    3) ???
    4) -1, redundant!

  3. uh huh by notque · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Mod parent +1 Funny!

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  4. Re:So... by ocelotbob · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Depends on the bandwidth into the machine more than anything else. Most /.ings, unless the database explodes into a shower of sparks, are limited by the bandwidth of the machine more than anything else. It'll be quite easy to /. it if it's only got a T1 or so. If it's got a 10Gb connection or two, I'd imagine that the system load wouldn't even be noticed.

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  5. Cluster??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    first cluster ever to allow global shared memory access across nodes...

    In other words, its not a cluster but a big shared memory system running a single OS image, just like their Origin 3000s. They just call it a cluster because that's the big buzzword in the Linux world.