That is the problem with Sun: they make the most amazing systems, for a market that doesn't exist. They have systems that can hot plug processors. If that is not I cool, I don't know what is. But then if you have a cluster of $200 machines, and you can just replace the whole machine, then the usefulness of such technology gets less and less, unfortunately.
But what about energy and cooling costs on that cluster? I recently attended a session by Sun at Oracle World that was describing Sun's Coolthreads Technology. If Sun can show significant energy savings using their hardware and virtualization, then all can be justified.
Isn't this the equivalent of suing Lens Crafters for claiming to make your eyesight better when in fact, glasses give your brain the "illusion" that your eyesight is better.
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That is the problem with Sun: they make the most amazing systems, for a market that doesn't exist. They have systems that can hot plug processors. If that is not I cool, I don't know what is. But then if you have a cluster of $200 machines, and you can just replace the whole machine, then the usefulness of such technology gets less and less, unfortunately.
But what about energy and cooling costs on that cluster? I recently attended a session by Sun at Oracle World that was describing Sun's Coolthreads Technology. If Sun can show significant energy savings using their hardware and virtualization, then all can be justified.
Isn't this the equivalent of suing Lens Crafters for claiming to make your eyesight better when in fact, glasses give your brain the "illusion" that your eyesight is better.