Mac clusters...

[Walters, David]

Does anyone know where their funding came from?  Did they choose Apple based
on a cost/benefit analysis, or is Apple paying them?  I am thinking back to
the numbers that came out of the Cornell Theory Center here... Same
scenario?

Dave Walters
Project Manager/Sr. Management Analyst, EPA IIASC
SRA International, Inc.
919-474-4318
david_walters at sra.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Rayson Ho [mailto:raysonlogin at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 5:32 PM
To: beowulf
Subject: Mac clusters...


1100 dual G5s to build a supercomputer:

http://www.computerweekly.com/articles/article.asp?liArticleID=124559&liFlav
ourID=1&sp=1

And this cluster is interesting too:

--- "Hunt, Derek" <derek.hunt at yale.edu> wrote:
> Hello all, this is in response to Charles D. Norton's post regarding 
> Xserve clusters.
> 
> Site: Yale School Of Management
> Yale University
> Hardware Vendor: Apple Computer
> Number of nodes: 45
> Number of processors: 90
> Total Memory: 90GB
> Interconnect Technology: Gigabit Ethernet
> OS: 10.2.6 with current patches
> Comm Software: MPICH, Sun Gridengine
> Application Software: GridMathematica, Matlab, C/C++, Fortran Mail 
> application area Scientific Computing: Financial Research, Statistical 
> Analysis Year installed/upgraded: 2003
> 
> We are in the initial stages of deployment now.
> 
> on a side note, I will be giving a talk on September 25th in 
> Rochester, MN at the linux users group (more details at 
> http://www.k-lug.org) if anyone is interested in hearing the various 
> trials we encountered during
> installation/deployment.
> 
> - Derek



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