Beowulf usage statistics?

[Franco A. Bignone]

> I think you're right...
>
> Here at the Dept. of Physics of the University of Milan, we have at least
> 2 clusters, 1 16 diskless nodes +1 server, and 1 24 nodes + 1 server
> mantained by me :)
>
> So I think the real number of small clusters is actually much greater than
> the "official" one ...
>
> Franz
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> Franz Marini
> Sys Admin and Software Analyst,
> Dept. of Physics, University of Milan, Italy.
> email : franz.marini at mi.infn.it
> ---------------------------------------------------------

I agree, I have a cluster running (8 nodes, is now one year, veeery patchy), the local
Computer Science Dep. just built one, moreover I know of several labs that have clusters
but never publicize it. The National Institute of Optics (Florence) has a good one are two
years, for example.

I will add some ten nodes soon, I run pvm-mosix for my applications. Most labs just use
the facility and do not bother to set up a list. Still, no one to my knowledge is selling
turn keys systems in Italy, aside from big firms selling systems in the 100'000+ Euros/$
range, all systems that I know are self-made.

Ciao

Franco

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