[rescue] SGI, Origin 200, and speed?

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Thu, 29 Apr 2004 @ 15:27 -0400, Dave McGuire said:

> On Apr 29, 2004, at 3:10 PM, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> >>  You cannot put four processors in one Origin200 chassis.  But, to be
> >>clear, connecting two Origin200 systems (or two-or-more Origin2000
> >>systems) together creates *one* computer.  The output of "hinv" on a
> >>two-dual-cpu-chassis, CrayLinked Origin200  system will report four
> >>processors.
> >
> >Curiosity: Do you have to use Craylink?
> 
>   Uhhhhhhhh, yeah?  How else will you connect directly to the crossbar 
> switches that implement the "bus" of the Origin family?

Sorry, brain->English translation failure.

At NASA, Craylink was a bottleneck and the SGI rep said there would be a
replacement at some point.

I figured if they did that, they might make it available for older
machines, and that you might know about it.

You have one of everything else it seems...

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