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Linux Clustering

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the old-memes-resurrected dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Beowulf clustering turns 10 years old, and, in this interview, creator Donald Becker talks about how Beowulf can handle high-end computing on a par with supercomputers."

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  1. Obligatory... by LighthouseJ · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I know... I know... Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these!

    1. Re:Obligatory... by saudadelinux · · Score: 1, Redundant

      I don'wanna! Won't an infinite number of /. readers imagining an infinite number of variations on Beowulf cluster jokes topple all the turtles?

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      I didn't think the house band in Hell would play this badly.
  2. You knew it was coming by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Imagine a Beowulf clust-.... oh...

  3. Cliche.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Imagine a beowulf cluster of... oh, wait!

    (-1 redundant, I can't be the first person to think of this)

  4. imgaine a beowulf cluster... by herbert_axelrod · · Score: -1, Redundant

    el oh el

  5. I'm imagining... by Oxy+the+moron · · Score: -1, Redundant

    ... a Beowulf cluster (or two, or three, or forty) of posts that are all roughly the same...

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  6. Hail Clusters! by olclops · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I for one welcome our new beowulf cluster of these linux-running overlords.

  7. Re:The choice between Beowulf and Big Iron... by ssbljk · · Score: -1, Redundant

    yes, yes...
    but... anyway, can you imagine beowulf cluster of cray supercomputers?

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  8. Imagine... by FusionDragon2099 · · Score: -1, Redundant

    A Beowulf cluster of Beowulf clusters!

  9. Re:The choice between Beowulf and Big Iron... by Psycho77 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The more complex a problem gets, the more likely you need one supercomputer as opposed to a cluster.

    Yes, but imagine a Beowulf cluster of supercomputer ! =P