I personally hope that these benchmarks can be run against more recent kernels and a full description of optimizations and patches used disclosed.
Considering that SGI is using a [somewhat] standard 2.4.19 kernel to scale this well , I am certain that
the results will be much better.
If linux scalability is really an issue, beyond 8 processors, then i guess that the SGI Altix 3700 is just
:
vaporware/gare.
I suggest that you read the following articles that debunk the myth of the 8processor barrier
SGI Busts into Linux with 64-Processor Scalability
NEC Calls Dibs on Breaking Linux Eight-Processor Limit
I personally hope that these benchmarks can be run against more recent kernels and a full description of optimizations and patches used disclosed.
Considering that SGI is using a [somewhat] standard 2.4.19 kernel to scale this well , I am certain that the results will be much better.