Cray CTO: Linux clusters don't play in HPC (Search Enterprise Linux)
Despite assertions made by Linux vendors, a Linux cluster is not a high performance computer, said Dr. Paul Terry, CTO of Cray Canada. "At best, clusters are a loose collection of unmanaged, individual, microprocessor-based computers." Businesses shouldn't expect supercomputer performance from Linux clusters, Terry warned."
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