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New Poll - Should forums be added to LinuxHPC.org
Should I add forums to LinuxHPC.org? I could have several catagories such as clustering, hardware, scientific applications, etc. or I could add forums for seperate popular distributions. In addition I could turn threading on for news postings down the center column. Take the poll or send me a quick email and let me know what would be most useful to you.
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HP Direct
If you don't know about HP Direct you should check it out. I've found this program very useful. They setup a website for you with 5-18% discount and you get assigned a sales rep that actually answers the phone. They even have a parts number search engine. More info...
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If you're developing Linux on Itanium you need to visit this site daily. Join the federation and help the effort as well as take advantage of the software starting to populate the site.
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| Datamation: Linux Clusters Perfect Fit For Clothing Retailer |
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Posted by Kenneth Farmer (Tuesday November 05 2002 @ 11:38AM EST) [ ]
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Sometimes you just hit a dead end. It can happen when you are out driving, and also in the rapidly changing world of IT.
Clothing retailer Burlington Coat Factory, for example, used Sequent NUMA-Q (Non-Uniform Memory Access) servers for its Oracle database. IBM bought Sequent Computer Systems and decided not to develop new NUMA-Q products.
"The capability of the Sequent systems compares favorably with other servers," says CIO Mike Prince, "but it's a dead end for us in terms of being able to upgrade or support new software."
So, when it came time to migrate, Burlington's data center moved to Linux clusters on low-end Intel boxes, significantly reducing costs in the process. PolyServe Matrix Server is used to manage the cluster's file system.
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October 13-18 IBM STC Center, Montpellier, France
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