The latter shows "Windows Server 2008/Red Hat Linux"; I assume both were used with that hardware, seperately, and it made no difference at all? So the application overwhelmed the impact of the OS, to as much precision as say 89.59? Wow. Thanks, Peter
On 6/24/08, Galen Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > linux > #14 at 1st appearance on top500 at : > http://www.top500.org/list/2007/11/100 > > windows > #23 at 2nd appearance on top500: http://www.top500.org/list/2008/06/100 > > compare the performance numbers...you didn't see anything. > > > Galen Arnold > system engineer > NCSA > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter St. John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "I Kozin (Igor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 12:54:05 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central > Subject: Re: [Beowulf] FYI: HPC Server 2008 hits top 25 > > MS isn't famous for new development (as scientists see "new development") > but a few hundred engineers would not be such a big investment for them. > > I'd be more interested in a comparison of that many whatever, quad core > xeon? running linux vs MS's running Cluster Server 2008. CP/M could be a > pretty powerful OS if it ran on enough nodes :-) and of course I think of > XP > as CP/M v.99 (approximately) (although that isn't fair to VMS, the forebear > of NT) > > Peter > > On 6/24/08, Kozin, I (Igor) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > In fact, the world's largest software company currently employs > > hundreds of > > > engineers whose sole job it is to conceptualize and develop new > > products for > > > the burgeoning HPC market > > > > > > Oh, really? I hardly see any truth in this sentence. > > Perhaps "the world's largest"? > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] > > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > > > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >
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