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- Linux cluster firms attract new funding
- Linux cluster firms attract new fundingHow About A Microsoft Cluster?I'm sure that a group of 100 computers clustered together running Windows XP Professional or 2003 would be the pinnacle of the IT world and set a shining example for stability, reliability, and security.Then again, I'm high on crack right now...
- Discussion threads 2004-11-05
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- Would you buy a personal supercomputer (for $8K)?
- I would buy one if I were...a research company crushing data, a graphics design films or static,... There are other candidates, not preciselly niche-players.I understand this goes against curent cluster computing, but it must make sense in some cases.O.o personal...sure >.> NTntOne Question?Can it play Doom?RenderingDepending on the video specs...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-21
- IBM preps cloud services; Targets software development and testing
- IBM will unveil a bevy of cloud services targeted at the enterprise, including one focused on making application development and testing more efficient. Big Blue's portfolio is designed to get large enterprises into the cloud faster. IBM said it put two years of research into its latest...
- Blog posts 2009-06-15
- Microsoft finally acknowledges Windows 7 will ship in 2009
- Microsoft finally acknowledges Windows 7 will ship in 2009Why is it called 7?Do they now name products after when they first started talking about them so that the release date doesn't matter?RE: Microsoft finally acknowledges Windows 7 will ship in 2009They say it is the 7 major version of windows.Money...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-11
- 'Private cloud' = just another buzzword for on-premise datacenter?
- 'Private cloud' = just another buzzword for on-premise datacenter?Sooo.. wrong.Private clouds are exactly the same as the public cloud with the exception of its location. While a datacenter is part of the private cloud, the cloud itself is way more. It provides remote apps, services such as e-mail, web sires,...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-28
- Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player;
- Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player;Bye, MySQL nt.RE: Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player;Its altogether different area and will not be very easy for Oracle to go thorugh entire integration process. I hope Oracle keeps its focus in what it does...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-20
- Building a "High Performance" Windows 7 PC
- Building a "High Performance" Windows 7 PCRE: Building a Add dual lcd monitors to the list.Also, Intel VPro. Are there ever going to be core I7 systems available with VPro or equivalent?Got any ...... ideas, changes or suggestions? Let me know!RE: Building a How can you talk about high...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-15
- Veritas CommandCentral Disaster Recovery Advisor
- Symantec, a long time player in the virtualiation technology market, has just launched the Veritas CommandCentral Disaster Recovery Advisor. It is designed to help organizations evaluate their disaster recovery plans by scanning the organization's IT infrastructure and comparing what it sees to a very large knowledgebase of potential problems. ...
- Blog posts 2009-04-08
- VMWare's filesystem clustering cracked open
- Late last week, an important plate in VMWare's proprietary battle armor was cracked open when Fluid Operations, the company behind the eCloudmanager storage virtualization product open-sourced on the community Google Code site their clean room implementation of VMFS, the clustered locking file system used by VMWare's ESX Server hypervisor...
- Blog posts 2009-03-03
- Red Dog: Five questions with Microsoft mystery man Dave Cutler
- Red Dog: Five questions with Microsoft mystery man Dave CutlerExcellent questions MJ.They've addressed some doubts about outages and reliability.Looking forward to the next RD instalment.:)RE: Red Dog: Five questions with Microsoft mystery man Dave CutlerTechies need to understand the difference between techies and "execs." Cutler is a techie. MFJ...
- Discussion threads 2009-02-25
- Everybody loves virtualization
- Everybody loves virtualizationOne of my pet peevesVirtualization is useful for testing and development environments. It makes no sense whatsoever for production environments.UNIX has a very nice scheduler that is built to handle hundreds/thousands of processes at a time. It automatically doles out CPU and memory and I/O resources. It has...
- Discussion threads 2009-02-18
- Microsoft's retail effort: Here's some unsolicited advice
- Microsoft's retail effort: Here's some unsolicited adviceProof MS doesn't get it.People don't view MS as cool.People don't want MS products anymore as evidenced by their marketshare slowly going downIf they do Genius-style service, expect a cluster.Sorry, MS - your arrogance is showing and this is a poor idea.It Could Be...
- Discussion threads 2009-02-13
- Westinghouse Electric Fuels Highly Available Cluster With HP Scalable NAS File Serving Software
- PolyServe Inc., is a leading provider of storage software for application and file-serving utilities. The company wanted to promote the continued growth of the Westinghouse nuclear fuel business by improving the performance, availability and scalability of the file-serving system underlying the data center's critical Linux-based compute farm. PolyServe deployed HP...
- Case studies 2009-02-01
- Can someone make my cell server, please?
- Can someone make my cell server, please?BumpIgnoreTry this blokeDr. Gaurav KhannaHe might be able to helphttp://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/news/2007/10/ps3_supercomputerWell.. there is the QS22..Well MurphyIf you want to build a supercomputer of cell processors you'd prob' want more than good single precision floating point performance, hence you'd want the version 2 of the CELL...
- Discussion threads 2009-01-21
- Which check to write? when open source means Jack
- Which check to write? when open source means JackBut what if it actually costs less to use Windows?I don't know in reality. It seems like most of the analysts out there seem to think it just doesn't matter that much which OS you use - though I would say...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-20
- Is Linux really worth $10.8 billion?
- Is Linux really worth $10.8 billion?View Code"Makes you wonder what Windows is worth, but McPherson can't find out."I haven't seen this done with proprietary software because you can't download the code." Another advantage of code visibility is value visibility."FYI, you can request to view the Windows and other MS applications...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-23
- Open source and the 'fear factor' mentality
- Open source and the 'fear factor' mentality....Look, our resident troll is back! ]:)OK everybody!Shut everything down. Open Source doesn't work. Go back to proprietary because they never have any security breaches. How many repositories are we talking about? You site one breach and declare the Open...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
- Old DEC code open sourced by HP
- Old DEC code open sourced by HPMove on... why botherWow, and if IBM open sources OS/2, we'd have two museum pieces to admire. AdvFS was DOA five years ago, the last thing we need is another retrieval from the grave.DEC started search enginesFew people remember that DEC started search engines....
- Discussion threads 2008-06-23
- HP packs two independent servers on a blade
- HP can now pack two servers one blade and cut energy consumption by 60 percent based on its calculations. HP was set to announce its new blade set-up on Wednesday. The server twofer--dubbed the HP ProLiant BL2x220c G5 right--is the first of its kind and is part...
- Blog posts 2008-05-28
- Financial Services Firm Scales Fast-Growing Hedging Application on Low-Cost Cluster
- Milliman, a global financial consulting firm, needed to expand the use of its highly successful variable annuity hedging model. The company deployed Windows Server 2003 Compute Cluster Edition on 150 servers - expected to grow to 250 by the end of 2008 - to reduce operating system licensing costs, retain...
- Case studies 2008-05-14
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