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At what point do servers become HPC beasts?
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| The lines between big servers used for general
| purpose computing and high performance
| computers are blurring: received wisdom is
| that the technologies are commoditising and
| coalescing around x86, Linux clustering and
| virtualization. But does this chime with
| reality? To many, Linux clusters are still a
| black art - is this an opportunity for Johny-
| come-lately Microsoft. Is it really over for
| Unix platforms and non x86 chips? Where do IBM
| mainframes sit?
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/05/high_end_servers_hpc_barometer_survey/
Recent:
GNU/Linux Tops TOP500 Supercomputers Again
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| The fact that GNU/Linux totally dominates the top 500 supercomputing list is
| hardly news, but the fact that it has managed to *increase* its market share
| yet further is.
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| Here are the results for June 2009:
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| GNU/Linux 443 (88.6%)
| Windows 5 (1.0%)
| Unix 22 (4.4%)
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| and here are the figures for six months ago:
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| GNU/Linux 439 (87.8%)
| Windows 5 (1.0%)
| Unix 23 (4.6%)
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/06/gnulinux-tops-top500-supercomputer.html
Linux shows staying power on Top500
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| The latest list indicates growing Linux dominance. Linux is used in the top
| nine supercomputer systems in the world. When considered as the primary OS or
| part of a mixed-OS supersystem, Linux is now present in 469 of the
| supercomputer sites, 93.8% of the Top500 list.
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http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/11/25/linux-shows-staying-power-on-top500/
Why is Linux THE FASTEST operating system today?
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| Now that I mentioned supercomputers at the time of this writing the worlds
| fastest supercomputer runs Linux. In fact most of them run Linux as you will
| see here in the list of the top 500 supercomputers. Out of all of the
| operating systems on these supercomputers Linux is a whopping 87.8% with
| windows only (giggle) 1% as can be seen here. The current worlds fastest
| supercomputer runs..... Redhat Linux and Fedora. The exact same ones you can
| download and install on your personal computer.
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http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/locutus/why-is-linux-the-fastest-operating-system-today-28534
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