And even better in the UNM announcement (don't have the ref handy at the
moment), the Linux cluster is estimated to be #24 on the top 500 supercomputers.
Last time I looked (Nov timeframe), Linux had 3 on the list. Still waiting to
see an NT machine / cluster on the list.
jeff smith
Benjamin Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 03/22/2000 03:28:22 PM
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Subject: Re: Linux hits the big time
On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, Chester Martel wrote:
> Attached is an article from this afternoon's computerworld newsletter
> http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/CWFlash/000322CBC6
Oh, I just love this...
* CW = ComputerWorld
CW> IBM is helping the University of New Mexico build ... a cluster of 256
CW> rack-mounted, dual-processor IBM Netfinity servers running Linux ... able
CW> to execute 375 billion floating-point operations per second.
... followed by this ...
CW> IBM already markets an 8-node Windows NT clustering technology called IBM
CW> Netfinity Availability Extensions for Microsoft Cluster Service.
Gee. 8 nodes verus 256. But NT scales better then Linux, really.
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