[Beowulf] Interesting google server design
Ellis Wilson
xclski at yahoo.com
Wed Apr 1 18:59:21 PDT 2009
Beyond that, building an entire cluster of that size into a large
shipping container is genius - given access and resources to a crane and
proper machining expertise. But then again if your building a cluster
of that size I suppose the crane, shipping container and a few welders
are not going to be your biggest worries.
Also interesting is that they use Gigabyte - I haven't been entirely
impressed with them and that is for purely desktop use. Perhaps their
server grade boards are better quality enough to make them worthwhile at
that scale.
Ellis
Robert G. Brown wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Apr 2009, Bill Broadley wrote:
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>> http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10209580-92.html
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> Very interesting. "UPS" built right into the box, and the whole thing
> basically handmade out of OTC components. Power supply outside of the
> box (which makes great sense from a cooling point of view!).
>
> rgb
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