[geeks] Massively parallel... cheap?

Bill Bradford mrbill at mrbill.net
Mon Mar 25 02:57:25 CST 2002


On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 09:52:06AM +0100, William S. wrote:
> Just curious. Are the Sunblade 1k's "clustered" in any
> way that the resources are shared? Independently running
> they must surely be speedy but in unison they would FAST.

They've got gigabit fiber connecting them back-to-back.  I havent
done any "clustering" stuff yet; I dont really like the "Grid Engine" 
software from Sun that much.

If I really needed it, I'd just yank the CPU & RAM from one and make
the other a 2x2 (2 cpu, 2 gig ram) box. 8-)

Bill

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Bill Bradford
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