__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Monday 26 June 2006 22:00 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Mon, 26 Jun 2006 20:35:39 +0100
> <1309659.mUYQW2JNks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> World's Largest Linux System Image Achieved on SGI Altix 4700 Blade
>> Servers
>>
>> SGI Shatters Linux Scalability Records Yet Again With 1,024 Processors
>> Running Under Single Copy of Linux
>>
>> http://www.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=47559
>
> Interesting, if a bit strange since the HLRB II/LRZ system
> seems to have 4x as many processors as Linux can currently
> address. But nice if one needs that sort of computing
> power for an SMP or grid computing application! :-)
>
> (Has Microsoft responded to this challenge yet? :-) )
They are trying. There was even an attempt yesterday, but I shot it down, I
suspect... *grin*
http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2006/06/26/windows-hpc-failure/
Best wishes,
Roy
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