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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3 color=navy
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Nick,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>I
think to startwith you need to define what you mean by large? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Initial
capacity, future upgrade needs, clinet connections, I assume it’s web
based?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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certyainly will not handle it<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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beowulf-bounces@beowulf.org [mailto:beowulf-bounces@beowulf.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Nick I<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 08 November 2005 17:35<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> beowulf@beowulf.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Beowulf] backbone of a
large-file streaming system</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I help maintain a Web site at <a
href="http://www.clusterbuilder.org/" target="_blank">www.clusterbuilder.org</a>.
You might have seen before that I have a section called Ask the Cluster Expert,
where I am building a knowledgebase of cluster and grid information. When
someone asks a question I am researching the answer to build this knowledgebase
out. I received the following question: <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>"I am looking for a variety of solutions
to be a backbone of a large-file streaming system providing thousands of
concurrent download streams. Preferably commodity hardware and Linux, though
I'm open to commercial solutions."</span></b><br>
<br>
I am wondering if anyone here has suggestions of what applications will work
best for this type of setup. You can respond to the question at <a
href="http://www.clusterbuilder.org/FAQ"><span style='text-decoration:none'>www.clusterbuilder.org/FAQ
</span></a>or respond in email. <br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Nick </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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