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Japan's Newest Linux Supercluster: 13TB RAM
green pizza writes "Following its sale of a 10240 processor cluster to NASA, Silicon Graphics Inc has announced that it's supplying a 2048 processor Altix 3700 Bx2 to the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute. Aside from running Linux on Itanium2 processors, the beast also features 13 TB of RAM!"
This nation is FUCKED
Move along.
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Unix to Linux migration makes sense.
Just remember: not all Linux platforms are created equal. Just consider:
Moving from Unix to the world of Linux gives you new control over your compute environment, at a lower cost. However, not all Linux platforms are created equal.
What are the growth/scalability limits for your platform?
Can you increase only the compute resources that you need?
Will you have to call multiple vendors for support?
The SGI Altix family of servers lets you run Linux with no limits. Unlike other systems, Altix scales from 2 processors up to 256 processors in a single Linux system image, and enables you to independently increase I/O, memory, and processors for perfectly right-sized systems. Altix is also easy on your budget, with the ability to start small and grow big, all in a unified architecture - no more "forklift upgrades"! With over 20 years of industry leadership in developing high performance systems, we know what it takes. We've helped to extend the Linux kernel with performance optimizations. We also know that you want to go to a single vendor if you have a system problem, so will be your single point of contact for system problems - regardless of the source.
So, expect the best - SGI Altix.
An Indian-American Hindu committed to non-violent thought/speech/action alarmed by the global explosion of radical Islam
Have some respect. michael killed himself, and he was the primary poster. That's why there are no stories now.
This just in: CNN is reporting that Kerry has conceded the election to Bush. That means:
1) Bush wins the majority of electoral votes
2) Bush wins the popular vote by approximately 4 million votes
3) Bush wins a majority of popular votes (51%)
4) Republicans gain in numerous House seats
5) Tom Daschle (the LEADER of the Democrats in the Senate) LOSES his election and gets kicked out of office by his electorate
6) The Democratic Vice Presidential candidate LOSES his HOME STATE by a wide margin of votes
7) Same sex marriage and other extreme liberal ballot measures fail
8) Very few issues reported from either side regarding electronic voting machines
9) 91% of people still use Windows. Less than 1% use Linux
10) Americans still don't care about the irrelevant Eurotrash opinion
Speaking of Michael, I'm just waiting to hear Michael Moore's conspiracy theories about how Bush's little green men rigged the election. He seemed absolutely certain that Kerry would win, so I'm sure he'll have a hard time dealing with this.
"I remember back in my electronics course when we had to design the flip-flop grid for memory."
You mean the Kerry grid?
*cough*
Sorry, I couldn't help myself.
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It did not require little green men. Simply required one company in Ohio to have some bad math on their product that is being used in a number of states.
As gracious as ever... Hope your old enough to avoid the upcoming draft.
The bad thing is that we get another 4 years of that Moore-on ranting and raving like a lunatic.
No, the Democrat lost.
Have some respect. michael killed himself, and he was the primary poster.
What's that, I missed this, any more details/links?
You are a gullible moron if you actually believe that.
Oh, I'm sorry. Did I say 'Gullible Moron'? I ment, 'Typical Conformist Slashdot Poster'.
I love slashdot, it is much better than "Cat's". I will post on it again and again...
And now it's going to be slashdotted. :rolleyes: