Re: Avalon (Linux cluster)

["Allan Peretz" <pretzl@pobox.com>]

I can tell you as someone with some knowledge of national defense that
inexpensive Beowolf supercomputers truly represent a threat to the current
balance of power.  Since they bypass existing supercomputer export
restrictions, I wonder how governments are going to try to deal with them...

-Allan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-silug-discuss@silug.org
> [mailto:owner-silug-discuss@silug.org]On Behalf Of Steven Pritchard
> Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 1998 10:33 PM
> To: silug-discuss@silug.org
> Subject: Avalon (Linux cluster)
>
>
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> For a little background on Avalon, the Linux cluster that is #315 on
> the Top 500 Supercomputers list, take a look at this article:
>
    http://www.currents.net/newstoday/98/07/07/news1.html

Also, the Avalon web site is interesting...

    http://cnls.lanl.gov/avalon/

Steve
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