i know this is in response to an old digest. but i as well would like to get in on this project. also have a few ideas for a different type of clustering and possibly linux distro as well. what would i need to do to get on this band wagon. im an IT major at St. Martins Institute of IT in guardmanja, and this has been something that i have wanted to do for sometime.
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 2:31 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send MLUG-list mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of MLUG-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Super-computer at university (Keith Vassallo) > 2. Re: Super-computer at university (Ramon Casha) > 3. Re: Super-computer at university (Ramon Casha) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 13:03:44 +0200 > From: Keith Vassallo <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LINUX.ORG.MT] Super-computer at university > To: Malta Linux User Group - general list <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > That is very exciting!! > > Do you think we could setup a meeting Ramon? > > Keith > > On 19 May 2009, at 10:22, Ramon Casha wrote: > > > I have confirmed - the new super-computer WILL be running Linux. > > > > The offer to contribute during the open day could be a brilliant > > opportunity for MLUG, but I think it would be great to get somehow > > involved in the project itself. I have no idea how we can help yet, > > but we could meet up with the people involved in this project and > > have an informal chat. > > > > > > > > > > Ramon Casha > > > > > > 2009/5/19 Ramon Casha <[email protected]> > > On the Times online today (and probably the treeware version too), > > there is an item about a super-computer being commissioned at the > > department of Physics at university. I wrote to the person > > responsible to try to find out more, and got this interesting > > response: > > > > > > Dear Mr. Casha, > > > > Thank you for your interest in our supercomputer project, funded > > through the European Regional Development Fund, for which I am the > > Project Manager. The project is currently in the tendering stage > > (we expect a European tender to be issued shortly), and more details > > will made publicly available when the contract is finalised. > > However I can say that we are aiming a machine having the x86-64 > > architecture with a minumum of 500 processor cores, a low-latency > > interconnect, and an estimated performance of 500Gflops or better. > > > > This facility will be the first of its kind in Malta and has already > > excited great interest in the academic community. We also see the > > generation of interest in high-performance computing in the > > computing and technical sectors outside the University as a prime > > goal of this project. In fact, we envisage holding an open day and > > seminar shortly after the commissioning of the facility, which you > > or your organisation may be interested in contributing to. > > If you require any further information, please do not hesitate to > > contact me. > > > > Regards, > > > > > > -- > > Louis Zammit Mangion > > Department of Physics > > University of Malta, > > Msida MSD 2080, > > MALTA. > > Tel: (+356) 23402454 > > Fax: (+356) 21312110 > > email: [email protected] > > > > Ramon Casha wrote: > > Dear Ms Spiteri, > > > > I read about the article on the Times about the supercomputer lab > > being set up within the Department of Physics at University. I am > > very much interested in this project. I am the founder and a member > > of the Malta Linux User Group, and have followed at a distance the > > development of massively parallel processing, particularly using > > Linux, BSD and other open source software. > > > > I wonder whether any other information is available about this > > project, particularly which systems will be used in its > > implementation. If you could direct me to the person(s) who are > > responsible for implementing this project I'd be very grateful. > > > > Ramon Casha > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MLUG-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://linux.org.mt/pipermail/mlug-list/attachments/20090519/31cc5a39/attachment-0001.htm > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 14:30:14 +0200 > From: Ramon Casha <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LINUX.ORG.MT] Super-computer at university > To: Malta Linux User Group - general list <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I'm sure we can. The people who got in touch with me sound very > enthusiastic > about the whole thing. We can discuss this during the meeting, which sounds > like it's going to be on the 30th. > > > Ramon Casha > > > 2009/5/19 Keith Vassallo <[email protected]> > > > That is very exciting!! > > > > Do you think we could setup a meeting Ramon? > > > > Keith > > > > On 19 May 2009, at 10:22, Ramon Casha wrote: > > > > I have confirmed - the new super-computer WILL be running Linux. > > > > The offer to contribute during the open day could be a brilliant > > opportunity for MLUG, but I think it would be great to get somehow > involved > > in the project itself. I have no idea how we can help yet, but we could > meet > > up with the people involved in this project and have an informal chat. > > > > > > > > > > Ramon Casha > > > > > > 2009/5/19 Ramon Casha <[email protected]> > > > >> On the Times online today (and probably the treeware version too), there > >> is an item about a super-computer being commissioned at the department > of > >> Physics at university. I wrote to the person responsible to try to find > out > >> more, and got this interesting response: > >> > >> > >> Dear Mr. Casha, > >> > >> Thank you for your interest in our supercomputer project, funded > >> through the European Regional Development Fund, for which I am the > Project > >> Manager. The project is currently in the tendering stage (we expect a > >> European tender to be issued shortly), and more details will made > publicly > >> available when the contract is finalised. However I can say that we are > >> aiming a machine having the x86-64 architecture with a minumum of 500 > >> processor cores, a low-latency interconnect, and an estimated > performance of > >> 500Gflops or better. > >> > >> This facility will be the first of its kind in Malta and has already > >> excited great interest in the academic community. We also see the > >> generation of interest in high-performance computing in the computing > and > >> technical sectors outside the University as a prime goal of this > project. > >> In fact, we envisage holding an open day and seminar shortly after the > >> commissioning of the facility, which you or your organisation may be > >> interested in contributing to. > >> If you require any further information, please do not hesitate to > contact > >> me. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> -- > >> Louis Zammit Mangion > >> Department of Physics > >> University of Malta, > >> Msida MSD 2080, > >> MALTA. > >> Tel: (+356) 23402454 > >> Fax: (+356) 21312110 > >> email: [email protected] > >> > >> Ramon Casha wrote: > >> > >>> Dear Ms Spiteri, > >>> > >>> I read about the article on the Times about the supercomputer lab being > >>> set up within the Department of Physics at University. I am very much > >>> interested in this project. I am the founder and a member of the Malta > Linux > >>> User Group, and have followed at a distance the development of > massively > >>> parallel processing, particularly using Linux, BSD and other open > source > >>> software. > >>> > >>> I wonder whether any other information is available about this project, > >>> particularly which systems will be used in its implementation. If you > could > >>> direct me to the person(s) who are responsible for implementing this > project > >>> I'd be very grateful. > >>> > >>> Ramon Casha > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > MLUG-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MLUG-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://linux.org.mt/pipermail/mlug-list/attachments/20090519/42b167ca/attachment-0001.htm > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 14:33:25 +0200 > From: Ramon Casha <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LINUX.ORG.MT] Super-computer at university > To: Malta Linux User Group - general list <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > PS The link to the online article is > > http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090518/local/super-computer-laboratory-being-set-up-at-university > > > Ramon Casha > > > 2009/5/19 Ramon Casha <[email protected]> > > > I'm sure we can. The people who got in touch with me sound very > > enthusiastic about the whole thing. We can discuss this during the > meeting, > > which sounds like it's going to be on the 30th. > > > > > > Ramon Casha > > > > > > 2009/5/19 Keith Vassallo <[email protected]> > > > > That is very exciting!! > >> > >> Do you think we could setup a meeting Ramon? > >> > >> Keith > >> > >> On 19 May 2009, at 10:22, Ramon Casha wrote: > >> > >> I have confirmed - the new super-computer WILL be running Linux. > >> > >> The offer to contribute during the open day could be a brilliant > >> opportunity for MLUG, but I think it would be great to get somehow > involved > >> in the project itself. I have no idea how we can help yet, but we could > meet > >> up with the people involved in this project and have an informal chat. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Ramon Casha > >> > >> > >> 2009/5/19 Ramon Casha <[email protected]> > >> > >>> On the Times online today (and probably the treeware version too), > there > >>> is an item about a super-computer being commissioned at the department > of > >>> Physics at university. I wrote to the person responsible to try to find > out > >>> more, and got this interesting response: > >>> > >>> > >>> Dear Mr. Casha, > >>> > >>> Thank you for your interest in our supercomputer project, funded > >>> through the European Regional Development Fund, for which I am the > Project > >>> Manager. The project is currently in the tendering stage (we expect a > >>> European tender to be issued shortly), and more details will made > publicly > >>> available when the contract is finalised. However I can say that we > are > >>> aiming a machine having the x86-64 architecture with a minumum of 500 > >>> processor cores, a low-latency interconnect, and an estimated > performance of > >>> 500Gflops or better. > >>> > >>> This facility will be the first of its kind in Malta and has already > >>> excited great interest in the academic community. We also see the > >>> generation of interest in high-performance computing in the computing > and > >>> technical sectors outside the University as a prime goal of this > project. > >>> In fact, we envisage holding an open day and seminar shortly after the > >>> commissioning of the facility, which you or your organisation may be > >>> interested in contributing to. > >>> If you require any further information, please do not hesitate to > contact > >>> me. > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Louis Zammit Mangion > >>> Department of Physics > >>> University of Malta, > >>> Msida MSD 2080, > >>> MALTA. > >>> Tel: (+356) 23402454 > >>> Fax: (+356) 21312110 > >>> email: [email protected] > >>> > >>> Ramon Casha wrote: > >>> > >>>> Dear Ms Spiteri, > >>>> > >>>> I read about the article on the Times about the supercomputer lab > being > >>>> set up within the Department of Physics at University. I am very much > >>>> interested in this project. I am the founder and a member of the Malta > Linux > >>>> User Group, and have followed at a distance the development of > massively > >>>> parallel processing, particularly using Linux, BSD and other open > source > >>>> software. > >>>> > >>>> I wonder whether any other information is available about this > project, > >>>> particularly which systems will be used in its implementation. If you > could > >>>> direct me to the person(s) who are responsible for implementing this > project > >>>> I'd be very grateful. > >>>> > >>>> Ramon Casha > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> MLUG-list mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> MLUG-list mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > >> > >> > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://linux.org.mt/pipermail/mlug-list/attachments/20090519/8c93b4c0/attachment.htm > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > End of MLUG-list Digest, Vol 60, Issue 17 > ***************************************** > -- Jonathan Aquilina
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