hi michael,
even if the group isn't interested in a tour i'd definitely like to
see it at work. tell me when you are available during the week
and i'll drop by.
Michael Yuan wrote:
> Well, actually I do not know if Travis Metcalf himself is on this list. I
> guess not since I never saw his posting. If he is not here, I can speak.
> Travis built the parallel linux cluster and wrote up the LJ article and I
> am ... his officemate in astronomy.
>
> If you guys are interested and want to come over and discuss, I can talk
> with him and arrange a time. Also, I hope the demo of a successful Linux
> network would generate enough interests for my boss to buy me a Linux box
> rather than investing thousands of Dollars in Sun harddrives alone ...
>
> Michael
>
> On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, tom carlile wrote:
>
> > this is kind of old news, but while re-reading the Sept. '99 edition of
> > the Linux Journal i found an article about the UT Astronomy Dept. that
> > i originally didn't notice was about UT.
> > it's a short writeup about a linux cluster the dept. setup to do complex
> > modeling and calculations for their research of star interiors.
> > their cluster features 32 nodes each loaded with pentiumII 300s with
> > 32M of ram. the article discusses how they used various open source
> > packages to run their diskless linux cluster.
> > it's kind of annoying that i had to find out about something like this
> > by reading a magazine when it's right down the street.
> > i wonder if they'd be interested in giving us a quick tour and discuss
> > some of the issues of the cluster. i'd be interested, the UT AST dept.
> > & faculty are second to none.
> >
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