http://chicks-dig-unix.net/2006/10/05/glowing-to-gloat/ Misunderstood by everyone, everywhere. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:33:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://chicks-dig-unix.net/2006/10/05/glowing-to-gloat/#comment-11760 _aa_ Fri, 06 Oct 2006 13:59:36 +0000 http://chicks-dig-unix.net/2006/10/05/glowing-to-gloat/#comment-11760 /me imagines 1024 quad dual core AMD 64 nodes on fibre running LinuxBIOS with a liquid cooling network 4x as complex as the data network requiring 2 fulltime plumbers, and frankly I think that's stupid. What you should be doing is 4096 nodes of those awesome EPIA mini-itx fanless dual cpu boards with a custom linux kernel running off of compact-flash. You can cram 16 of those into 4u. We're talking roughly 64gHz for every 4u compared to 32gHz per 4u with your REDICULOUS quad dual core cluster. And no plumbers needed. Granted you're sacraficing throughput with the 100mbps network, but we're talking about what I assume is a render farm here, not a real-time analytical processing system for Los Alamos. /me imagines 1024 quad dual core AMD 64 nodes on fibre running LinuxBIOS with a liquid cooling network 4x as complex as the data network requiring 2 fulltime plumbers, and frankly I think that’s stupid. What you should be doing is 4096 nodes of those awesome EPIA mini-itx fanless dual cpu boards with a custom linux kernel running off of compact-flash. You can cram 16 of those into 4u. We’re talking roughly 64gHz for every 4u compared to 32gHz per 4u with your REDICULOUS quad dual core cluster. And no plumbers needed. Granted you’re sacraficing throughput with the 100mbps network, but we’re talking about what I assume is a render farm here, not a real-time analytical processing system for Los Alamos.

]]> http://chicks-dig-unix.net/2006/10/05/glowing-to-gloat/#comment-11705 Cliph Fri, 06 Oct 2006 02:47:17 +0000 http://chicks-dig-unix.net/2006/10/05/glowing-to-gloat/#comment-11705 That would probably be against all kinds of stuff in my contract. You'll have to use your imagination :) That would probably be against all kinds of stuff in my contract. You’ll have to use your imagination :)

]]> http://chicks-dig-unix.net/2006/10/05/glowing-to-gloat/#comment-11677 _aa_ Thu, 05 Oct 2006 21:43:44 +0000 http://chicks-dig-unix.net/2006/10/05/glowing-to-gloat/#comment-11677 Please post cluster porn. Please post cluster porn.

]]> http://chicks-dig-unix.net/2006/10/05/glowing-to-gloat/#comment-11670 Cliph Thu, 05 Oct 2006 20:04:14 +0000 http://chicks-dig-unix.net/2006/10/05/glowing-to-gloat/#comment-11670 Yeah, that's how it works. Yeah, that’s how it works.

]]> http://chicks-dig-unix.net/2006/10/05/glowing-to-gloat/#comment-11656 badcolm Thu, 05 Oct 2006 16:42:10 +0000 http://chicks-dig-unix.net/2006/10/05/glowing-to-gloat/#comment-11656 So if they release another film, you get a credit? So if they release another film, you get a credit?

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