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High-Performance Linux Clustering
An anonymous reader writes "High Performance Computing (HPC) has become easier, and two reasons are the adoption of open source software concepts and the introduction and refinement of clustering technology. This first of two articles discusses the types of clusters available, uses for those clusters, reasons clusters have become popular for HPC, some fundamentals of HPC, and the role of Linux in HPC."
*ducks*
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No, it would seem, unless you either
a) build it as a replacement for your friends or
b) took it on the road and used it to perform mind control on chickens
Economics? I know every time I get mod points, it's like I'm racing the clock. "Oh, God, four left to spend in two hours! Uh, OK, this threads should need some modding. This post...fudge, it's maxed out! OK, this post...is this worth moderation? Isn't it? Is it? OK, *this* post...it's a troll, I'll...no, wait, somebody got it already...!" I end up blowing them away on frivilous mods or wasting them and letting them expire, I don't know which is worse. All I know is, I never have them when I see something really crying out for moderation.
Kind of like the value of dollars in an inflationary spiral.
Yeah, ok, I'm confused. I naturally thought you were talking about running java application servers or the like on Itaniums. It didn't cross my mind that you bought nearly a million dollars in hardware to run applets in your browser.