Messages in this thread | | | From | "Richard Solis" <> | Subject | RE: SMP scalability: 8 -> 32 CPUs | Date | Mon, 30 Nov 1998 17:59:05 -0500 |
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Sun has clustering software available for Solaris. You can get four of those S10000's running as a single system.
> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu > [mailto:owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu]On Behalf Of The Galaxy > Ranger > Sent: Monday, November 30, 1998 10:38 AM > To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu > Subject: Re: SMP scalability: 8 -> 32 CPUs > > > On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > On Sun, 29 Nov 1998 16:45:17 -0500 (GMT), ramak@wipinfo.soft.net > > (Ramakrishna K) said: > > > > > Also just a general question from curiosity perspective, is the > > > performance of a cluster of these boxes better than a say 1024 > > > way SMP box. This is assuming we are able to scale it to say 1024 > > > CPUs. This is vis-a-vis compared to a cluster involving SMP boxes > > > ( totally adding upto 1024 CPU's ). > > > > You simply cannot answer a question like that! Let me restate your > > question: > > > > "Let's assume that we invent some mechanism for binding 1024 > > cpus into a single box. I know it doesn't exist yet, but how > > fast will it be?" > > > > Binding that many CPUs together is hard! You tell me how you plan to do > > it, and _then_ I'll tell you whether clustering is faster. :) > > > > --Stephen > > With all this talk of Linux not scaling past 8 CPUs, does this > imply that Linux will never be ported to the connection machine? > It is Sparc based after all. Speaking of which.... Sun borrowed > that technology when designing the E10000. Does that mean if > you load Linux up on that system you will only be able to > use 8 of the 64 CPUs? > > David F. Newman > buzzwang@ourvillage.com > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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