Isn't kdb capable of running a single instance on a cluster? So that would be very conveniently compact, cost and energy effective platform with impressive power punch.
That's a good use case of array programming in parallel setting. Oleg On Aug 31, 2007, at 10:58 AM, Robert Bernecky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It's a Beowulf cluster, so you'd have to run multiple instances of J and then figure out how to make them communicate with each other. These systems are not the same as the multi-core processors, such as the AMD Opteron and Intel Core 2, which share memory and can be operated as a single image with standard multi-threading. Bob On Fri, 2007-08-31 at 10:44 -0400, Devon McCormick wrote: I guess, since this is Linux-based, J should run on it: http://www.calvin.edu/news/releases/2007-08/microwulf.htm (a 26.25 gigaflops machine assembled for less than $2500). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ____________________________________________________________________________________Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
