Umm, this proves you know nothing about IBM's S/390 mainframe. The VM system allows a copy of the operating system to run as if it was on its own machine. Now, a guy has run 41,100 copies of Linux on the machine before running out of resources.
I would sure love to use Linux 2.4's SMP capabilities and have a 32-processor system with 64 gigs of RAM. I wonder how many copies of Linux that can run:-D
Actually, no. The performance would be less than a single copy of Linux. This is due to the fact that each Linux VM takes up memory and CPU, meaning less for the entire system as a whole.
However, why would someone want Beowulf on just ONE machine?:P
Umm, I hope you didn't use that pre-Windows 2000 software on your server (if it was mission-critical). Actually, Win2k has only been around since Feb 17th, so it must have been a beta, alpha, or pre-release. Also, if you thinks thats a lot, there is a NetBSD system that has been up for 7 years straight (I think).
A few questions: 1). Which is the preferred language for writing games on Linux? If your porting from Win32 and still want cross-platform (multiplayer, some files, etc.), then should it be the same language as that? 2). Is it possible to somehow imitate the DirectX protocols over network play? 3). Are you guys planning on porting Team Fortress 2 or Half-Life anytime soon? Or is Valve going to do that by themselves/not do it at all? Thanks
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Umm, this proves you know nothing about IBM's S/390 mainframe. The VM system allows a copy of the operating system to run as if it was on its own machine. Now, a guy has run 41,100 copies of Linux on the machine before running out of resources.
:-D
I would sure love to use Linux 2.4's SMP capabilities and have a 32-processor system with 64 gigs of RAM. I wonder how many copies of Linux that can run
And to annoy you once more, IT IS TRUE DAMNIT@#!
Actually, no. The performance would be less than a single copy of Linux. This is due to the fact that each Linux VM takes up memory and CPU, meaning less for the entire system as a whole.
:P
However, why would someone want Beowulf on just ONE machine?
Umm, I hope you didn't use that pre-Windows 2000 software on your server (if it was mission-critical). Actually, Win2k has only been around since Feb 17th, so it must have been a beta, alpha, or pre-release. Also, if you thinks thats a lot, there is a NetBSD system that has been up for 7 years straight (I think).
A few questions: 1). Which is the preferred language for writing games on Linux? If your porting from Win32 and still want cross-platform (multiplayer, some files, etc.), then should it be the same language as that? 2). Is it possible to somehow imitate the DirectX protocols over network play? 3). Are you guys planning on porting Team Fortress 2 or Half-Life anytime soon? Or is Valve going to do that by themselves/not do it at all? Thanks