[SunRescue] RE: mainframes in our midst...

[Bill Bradford]

On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 07:58:00PM +0000, William Staniewicz wrote:
> Someone mentioned the cluster vs mainframe concept I believe.
> If one were to set up a cluster optimally, which hardware and
> software would be the "way-to-go"?

I'd say that a beowulf-type cluster might outperform small
mainframe systems in raw parallel CPU power, but its not even
going to TOUCH the I/O capacity.

(of course, Cray's new "layer UNICOS on top of a beowulf cluster
 so that you have a single system image and dont have to parallelize
 your software" concept looks REALLY nice..)

Bill

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Bill Bradford
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Austin, TX