Bringing the technology to NT allows users to configure NT clusters of up to 32 nodes and to manage up to 256 clusters from a single workstation. In order to provide scalability from commodity-class servers it is necessary to deploy a large number...
The program includes cluster software for tasks such as sending messages from one computer to another, monitoring each system's performance and scheduling jobs across the cluster. The move will make it easier for Rocks users to add Itanium systems...
The network centric view of it as a utility is too simplistic, as the devices connected are too smart, too independent, too personal. To make mobile data services operate like a utility requires identities to be managed seamlessly and efficiently.
Livermore already announced a 962-machine Linux computer, and its 1,152-computer Multiprogrammatic Capability Cluster ranks seventh on the November 2003 ranking of the world's 500 fastest supercomputers.
On Thursday, Microsoft also released the first beta version of Windows Server 2003 Compute Cluster Edition, a new edition of its Server OS aimed at high-end computing clusters. STS will offer extended federation and privacy support, and integrated...
The product consists of both a cluster-optimised version of the OS as well as software for job scheduling and other tasks. Bill Gates plans on Tuesday to announce Microsoft's foray into the world of supercomputing, though its first operating system...