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With Linux Clusters, Seeing Is Believing
Roland Piquepaille writes "As the recent release of the last Top500 list reminded us last month, the most powerful computers now are reaching speeds of dozens of teraflops. When these machines run a nuclear simulation or a global climate model for days or weeks, they produce datasets of tens of terabytes. How to visualize, analyze and understand such massive amounts of data? The answer is now obvious: using Linux clusters. In this very long article, "From Seeing to Understanding," Science & Technology Review looks at the technologies used at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), which will host the IBM's BlueGene/L next year. Visualization will be handled by a 128- or 256-node Linux cluster. Each node contains two processors sharing one graphic card. Meanwhile, the EVEREST built by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has a 35 million pixels screen piloted by a 14-node dual Opteron cluster sending images to 27 projectors. Now that Linux superclusters have almost swallowed the high-end scientific computing market, they're building momentum in the high-end visualization one. The article linked above is 9-page long when printed and contains tons of information. This overview is more focusing on the hardware deployed at these two labs."
This is how we nerds measure our penises. ;)
How to visualize, analyze and understand such massive amounts of data?
How to write complete sentences?
The article linked above is 9-page long when printed and contains tons of information.
I hope the poster doesn't actually expect any of us to post any meaningful comments based on having read that article, it's a lost cause.. At least on me.
Damn! What kind of paper stock are you printing on?
--- Ban humanity.
Supercomputers have become so advanced we need more supercomputers just to understand them.
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With Linux Clusters, Seeing Is Believing
Does this mean that we don't have to just imagine a Beowulf cluster anymore?
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. -Frederick Douglass
A machine that can compile a Stage1 Gentoo install in a reasonable amount of time.
"Joy is not in things; it is in us." Richard Wagner
You, my friend, must be exceptionally bored. Either that, or this Roland guy must have shunned your romantic advances sometime recently. Can't you just stalk in silence like everybody else?
Do not confuse "Freedom of Choice" with "Free Will".
Leave some market share for the big guys.
Powerwalls, which are typically the size of a conference room wall, allow a group of scientists to study still images or watch a movie, frame by frame. "Researchers can freeze images, pan, zoom, move back and forth in time, and see details too subtle or small to discern on a desktop monitor," says electronics engineer Bob Howe, head of infrastructure and facilities for the Visual Interactive Environment for Weapons Simulation (VIEWS) Program. At the same time, because of the powerwall's sheer size, users can still view the global problem while keeping the details in perspective. Powerwall displays are especially useful for...
"I seem to have mastered a certain amount of control over physical reality."
There's something fundamentally flawed about any business venture in which you rely on Slashdot readers to actually try reading the article...
my sig's at the bottom of the page.
Click here or here.
C'mon, Steve...
Saying "I'll probably get modded down for this" in a post is the best way to get it modded up.