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One Data Center To Rule Them All

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the my-preciousss dept.

1sockchuck writes "Weta Digital, the New Zealand studio that created the visual effects for the 'Lord of the Rings' movie trilogy, has launched a new "extreme density" data center to provide the computing horsepower to power its digital renderings. Weta is running four clusters that are each equipped with 156 of HP's new 2-in-1 blade servers, and use liquid cooling to manage the heat loads. The Weta render farms currently hold spots 219 through 222 on the current Top 500 list of the world's fastest supercomputers."

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  1. Obligatory... by DamienNightbane · · Score: 4, Funny

    Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these...

  2. No, imagine by 2.7182 · · Score: 5, Funny

    a balrog cluster of them!

    1. Re:No, imagine by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Networked on a Tolkien ring?

    2. Re:No, imagine by pxlmusic · · Score: 2, Funny

      thread fucking over. LOL

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    3. Re:No, imagine by gardyloo · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yeah, that was quite preciousssssss.

    4. Re:No, imagine by serviscope_minor · · Score: 2, Funny

      a balrog cluster of them!

      That would be a daemon of the ancient computers.

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    5. Re:No, imagine by magus_melchior · · Score: 2, Funny

      So, does Mithrandir then become the code name for the firewall, preventing pre-release leaks of footage?

      "You cannot pass!!"

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  3. Releasing the heat? by starglider29a · · Score: 5, Funny

    How do they release the heat in the hot water?

    Two Towers?

    1. Re:Releasing the heat? by MindKata · · Score: 2, Funny

      "How do they release the heat in the hot water?"

      They don't, the Orc's working there, have been waiting for a hot water bath for years.

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  4. "Extreme Density" computing can be hazardous by eln · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't mention who I work for for obvious reasons, but we did some experimenting with "extreme density" computing some time ago as part of a black ops project for the government. We achieved densities previously unheard of by man.

    Unfortunately, we got greedy. We increased the density so far that the entire facility ended up collapsing into a black hole, wiping out much of the state of North Dakota. We were able to contain the damage, and we've managed to keep it a secret by replacing the state with a hologram projection, but eventually someone is going to go there and figure out that something is amiss.

  5. Re:Compared with ILM by Supercrunch · · Score: 3, Funny

    Good ideas into the ground?