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NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: PHIL HOCHMUTH
on LINUX 10/17/01 - Today's focus: Limitless Linux clustering Dear Wincenty Kaminski, In this issue: * Unlimited Scale unleashes Unlimited Linux * Links related to Linux * Featured reader resource _______________________________________________________________ SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK? Give us your opinion on 5 different banner advertisements and enter to win $500! Take the Banner Concepts survey at http://www.rresults.com/bannerconcept/index.cgi _______________________________________________________________ Today's focus: Limitless Linux clustering By Phil Hochmuth Unlimited Scale, a Minnesota-based computer firm, recently announced a new iteration of Linux, which it says can scale Linux clusters into the tens of thousands. Unlimited Linux is the name of the product, and the company has partnered with Compaq to help deliver large-scale Linux clusters on Compaq's line of Alpha-based PC servers and workstations. According to Unlimited Scale, Unlimited Linux product can be used to build and manage large-scale, Linux supercomputing clusters. The software behind Unlimited Linux was built on a morphed version of Linux developed by the Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico, which runs one of the largest Linux supercomputer clusters in the world (see "Don't think 'Lintel,' Part 2: Supercomputing with Linux on the Alpha," http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/linux/2000/0605linux1.html) The Sandia Lab cluster - called Cplant - has 2,500 Compaq Alpha nodes in its Linux cluster, which is used to run high-powered mathematical modeling applications, such as the simulation of nuclear or biological war scenarios. Unlimited Linux consists of a standard Linux distribution, which runs on top of a proprietary software layer based on Sandia's Cplant clustering code. The code helps tie together the thousands of nodes in a cluster into a single system image. Specifics on Unlimited Linux availability and pricing will be released next month. _______________________________________________________________ To contact Phil Hochmuth: Phil Hochmuth is a staff writer for Network World, and a former systems integrator. You can reach him at mailto:phochmut@nww.com. _______________________________________________________________ RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS Unlimited Scale http://unlimitedscale.com Compaq Alpha Linux products http://www.compaq.com/alphaserver/linux/support_options.html Breaking Linux news from Network World and around the 'Net, updated daily: http://www.nwfusion.com/topics/linux.html Archive of the Linux newsletter: http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/linux/index.html ______________________________________________________________ FEATURED READER RESOURCE Audio Primers Are you behind on the basics of technologies such as ATM, IP Multicast and VPNs? Check out our library of audio primers - quick explanations of networking topics and technologies, including IPv6, SANs and DSL vs. cable. These less-than-10- minute primers will not only explain how these technologies work, but they'll also show you through slides and diagrams. http://www.nwfusion.com/primers/index.html _______________________________________________________________ May We Send You a Free Print Subscription? You've got the technology snapshot of your choice delivered at your fingertips each day. Now, extend your knowledge by receiving 51 FREE issues to our print publication. Apply today at http://www.nwwsubscribe.com/nl _______________________________________________________________ SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World e-mail newsletters, go to: http://www.nwwsubscribe.com/news/scripts/notprinteditnews.asp To unsubscribe from promotional e-mail go to: http://www.nwwsubscribe.com/ep To change your e-mail address, go to: http://www.nwwsubscribe.com/news/scripts/changeemail.asp Subscription questions? Contact Customer Service by replying to this message. Have editorial comments? Write Jeff Caruso, Newsletter Editor, at: mailto:jcaruso@nww.com For advertising information, write Jamie Kalbach, Fusion Sales Manager, at: mailto:jkalbach@nww.com Copyright Network World, Inc., 2001 ------------------------ This message was sent to: vkamins@enron.com
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