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On 1 Sep 2007, at 19:19, Andy Smith wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 09:06:51PM +0100, Clare Shepherd wrote: >> On 31 Aug 2007, at 11:13, Tom Potts wrote: >> >> I want one! >> >> Wow, I want one too. I advise anyone interested in >> supercomputers to >> follow the link. All that power and it runs off the mains, isn't >> cooled and cost under £2500. Thanks for the headsup Tom. > > I have to say though, I don't think this is a particularly good way > to build a cluster. A cluster that fits on a single desk in the > footprint of a normal mini/miditower PC, yes. But to compare that > to professionally-constructed clusters and claim that the low cost > per GFLOP means it is better seems to be an er.. interesting use of > statistics :) > > For a start this goes beyond commodity components - they used the > most bargain basement components imaginable. MSI motherboards!? I > could spend probably twice as much and still be using commodity > components, and to be honest if I wanted something reliable I > definitely would. > > Then there is the decidedly ghetto construction. I don't think it > will scale well beyond 4 nodes, and I don't think it would be > workable in terms of failure rate of components if you did. > > It was an interesting article though - good to see what can be > achieved even with cheap stuff. > > Cheers, > Andy > > -- > http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting > Encrypted mail welcome - keyid 0x604DE5DB > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html Well, that's us all down to earth again. well done Andy. LOL Altho' I suspect this discussion will run and run. I for one am fascinated. Clare -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html