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Clustered Linux: supercomputing on the cheap (ZDNet)

[Posted November 7, 2002 by ris]

ZDNet is carrying a TechRepublic article about Linux clustering technology. "According to Linux vendors and industry analysts, cost-effectiveness is just one of several reasons prompting more enterprises to choose Linux systems."

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Posted Nov 8, 2002 1:30 UTC (Fri) by landman (subscriber, #2901) [Link]

While this article is nice about the prospects of low cost supercomputing Lion may no longer be using this machine. See this link. This whole sector is experiencing pain.

Clustered Linux: supercomputing on the cheap (ZDNet)

Posted Nov 8, 2002 15:40 UTC (Fri) by mclark_1 (guest, #7605) [Link]

That may be true, but it is a reflection of the company and failure to produce drug leads, not the utility or cost of their cluster.

We have a 1,000 node cluster that was far less expensive than a comparable "big iron" supercomputer.