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First 96-Node Desktop Cluster Ships

Posted by timothy on from the yes-please dept.

Panaphonix writes "The Register reports that Orion Multisystems is shipping the first 96-node desktop cluster. 'With the new, larger system, customers get pretty much the most powerful computer around that can plug into a standard electrical socket.' According to the spec sheet, the DS-96 runs Fedora Core 2 and gets 110 GFlops sustained, 230 GFlops peak."

19 of 323 comments (clear)

  1. Imagine a Beowulf... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    Oh, never mind.

    I FAIL IT!

  2. mmm clusters by Worminater · · Score: 2, Funny

    My uni recently got some a 12 system dell cluster that came loaded with redhat. mmm; paralizing is fun:)

  3. Wrong term by AndrewStephens · · Score: 5, Funny

    Its not duped, this article has been clustered.

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  4. Re:Just imagine... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    At 150lbs or 68KG you need a Beowulf cluster of people to move it!

  5. Still The Wrong term by Johan+Veenstra · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's called a follow-up:

    "In October, you'll be able to choose between"

    "is shipping the first 96-node desktop cluster. '"

  6. Re:Question by katana · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sustained: Riding down the street.
    Peak: Taking it off some sweet jumps.

  7. Re:Give it to me in terms I can understand. by spectrokid · · Score: 5, Funny

    You want to be impressed heh? Well, it is powerfull enough to play solitaire on Longhorn!!!!

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  8. Re:Give it to me in terms I can understand. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    i doubt it, you microsoft astroturfer.

  9. Practical measures... by crottsma · · Score: 3, Funny

    With power requirements quintupling that of a standard desktop computer, I'd probably have to use it at my local coffee shop, or only turn it on briefly to scare away song birds.

  10. Re:Standard comments by jim_v2000 · · Score: 2, Funny

    You forgot to mention:

    12. List of common Slashdot posts

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  11. FPS by strider44 · · Score: 2, Funny

    How many FPS can you get on Doom 3? I've got to plan my future purchasing decisions.

  12. Slashdotted by AndyCap · · Score: 1, Funny

    I guess they haven't got one running their website...

  13. What?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't hear you, the guy two cubicles over just fired up his new Opteron cluster. I'm just trying to hold on to my desk!

  14. Re:Give it to me in terms I can understand. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I didn't think that SETI@Home units were all the same size?

    Anyway, the best metric is how fast it can count up to infinity,

    Bonus points if it deduces the existance of rice pudding and income tax.

  15. Re:Seti by Vo0k · · Score: 2, Funny

    No worries. He can set up WINE on it and run the Windows version of SETI@home with the screensaver, emulated :)

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  16. Only on /. (Re:$100,000) by po8 · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can tell you're on /. when dividing 1e5 by 1e2 to get 1e3 gets modded up to +5 insightful. :-)

  17. Millions of Exawatts by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    But that's only the peak power. :-)

  18. Slashdotted! by 3Suns · · Score: 3, Funny

    Warning: mysql_pconnect(): Too many connections in /home/www/php/functions/executequery.php on line 21

    How blissfully ironic!

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  19. Re:Altitude by Locke2005 · · Score: 2, Funny

    So you cann't use it on a plane.
    Heck, it probably wouldn't fit on the seat-back "table" anyway...

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