ah, interesting. this is what i was referring to, which is what i believe is codified in the "beowulf" book i recall reading.
https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2020/it_1.html but it seems this also exists. i can't recall offhand whether that was mentioned in the book or not https://www.hq.nasa.gov/hpcc/reports/annrpt97/accomps/ess/WW49.html On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 9:44 AM Douglas Eadline <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 12:10 AM Lux, Jim (US 7140) via Beowulf > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Well, maybe a Beowulf cluster of yugos… > > > > not really that far of a stretch, from what i can recall wasn't the > > first beowulf cluster a smattering of random desktops layout on the > > floor in an office > > Actually it was a single small cabinet with 486 processor > motherboards and 10Mbit Ethernet with a hub. There is > a small picture of it on the SC14 Beowulf Bash invite > (in the middle) As I recall we could only find an old > small picture of it. > > https://www.clustermonkey.net/Supercomputing/beowulf-bash-invitations-2008-to-present.html > > From there all kinds of configurations appeared. > Including mostly "workstations" on wire shelves > (the differentiation between "desktop" and "server" > was just starting with the introduction of the Pentium-Pro) > > For those interested in the Beowulf history you can watch > the short video (fully shareable BTW, sponsored by AMD) > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-epcSlAFvI > > > -- > Doug > > > _______________________________________________ > > Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin Computing > > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > > https://beowulf.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > > > > > -- > Doug > _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit https://beowulf.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
