[rescue] wow ... Cray CS6400

Dave McGuire rescue at sunhelp.org
Wed Sep 19 19:04:18 CDT 2001


On September 19, Francisco Javier Mesa-Martinez wrote:
> Is this the system that served as the base for the E10000 (or HPC or
> whatever the big honking SUN machines are named)? I saw one looooong time

  Yes.

> ago, it used supersparcs (I think, I always get confused with the
> pre-ULTRA SPARCs).

  Yes, SuperSPARCs.

> No price, usually means they want a ridiculous amount of money for it. Can
> it run off the shelf solaris, or does it need a modified version (2.5 w.
> extensions?)

  It runs a special release of Solaris.  To me, no price, usually means
they'll try to milk you dry if you call them and express interest.

    -Dave

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Dave McGuire
Laurel, MD



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