A New Approach To Linux Clusters 143
rkischuk writes: "InformationWeek has an article about a group of ex-Cray engineers working on a new architecture for clustering Linux systems. 'It's not easy trying to build scalable systems from commodity hardware designed for assembling desktop computers and small servers.' Per the article, 'As the number of CPUs in a Beowulf-style cluster-a group of PCs linked via Ethernet-increases and memory is distributed instead of shared, the efficiency of each processor drops as more are added,' but 'Unlimited's solution involves tailoring Linux running on each node in a cluster, rather than treating all the nodes as peers.'" Looks like Cray engineers think about clustering even when they're not at Cray.
Re:In the words of Seymour Cray: (Score:1, Funny)
In the words of Seymour Cray: (Score:5, Funny)
Two strong oxen or 1024 chickens?
Re:In the words of Seymour Cray: (Score:1, Funny)
Have them take another crack at writing the DMCA. That first one didn't come out so well.
Those Fools! (Score:4, Funny)
Steven
I wonder... (Score:1, Funny)
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(clears throat)
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"Imagine a beowulf cluster of these things!"
-J5K
Re:In the words of Seymour Cray: (Score:3, Funny)
Either one makes for a fine bar-b-que, once the plowin's done.
Fixed link (Score:2, Funny)
Furbeowulf [trygve.com]
Funny. :)
A cheaper alternative (Score:4, Funny)
Re:In the words of Seymour Cray: (Score:2, Funny)
What next?
Kiwaiti