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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."

16 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. 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!

  13. 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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  14. 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. :-)

  15. 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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  16. 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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