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    Question Desktop Supercomputer, or gimick...the Cray CX1

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    Cray Inc. last week unveiled a $25,000 desktop supercomputer that it developed with Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp.

    The Cray CX1, which runs the Windows HPC Server 2008 operating system, uses up to eight nodes and 16 Intel Xeon processors -- either dual-core or quad-core.
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    Re: Desktop Supercomputer, or gimick...the Cray CX1

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    Re: Desktop Supercomputer, or gimick...the Cray CX1

    There is actually a real market for the so called desktop super computer, somethign thats small, quiet and energy efficent enough to go under the regular desk.

    As it stands here the guys in infrastructure have nothing to offer me in the 4 * quad core, so i've got 2 pcs, each one 2 * quad core to make do, with the crunchers been in the basement.

    Problem is the price seams a bit high without any amazing specs. I mean 4TB of storage, is this a DB server or something?
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    Re: Desktop Supercomputer, or gimick...the Cray CX1

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    Problem is the price seams a bit high without any amazing specs. I mean 4TB of storage, is this a pr0n server or something?
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    Re: Desktop Supercomputer, or gimick...the Cray CX1

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    Re: Desktop Supercomputer, or gimick...the Cray CX1

    Quote Originally Posted by mmh View Post
    far too little storage to be a pr0n server
    I dunno, it will be powerfull enough to compress each one into a tiny size for storage, and decompress when needed...mind with that kind of content you want it to expand not compress
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    Re: Desktop Supercomputer, or gimick...the Cray CX1

    woudl make quite a nice ESX host
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    Re: Desktop Supercomputer, or gimick...the Cray CX1

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    ..mind with that kind of content you want it to expand not compress
    are we still talking about the Cray?
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    Re: Desktop Supercomputer, or gimick...the Cray CX1

    Get it folding

    As for a market, I am sure there is one as long as they are cheap compared to the alternatives....Although I remember an article recently about someone making a small Beowulf cluster as part of a project (due to contention for time on the university super computer) and just sandwiched a few cheap motherboards together with Core2Duo CPUs on them. If I remember correctly, it worked out a lot more efficient both in terms of raw cost and processing time.
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    Re: Desktop Supercomputer, or gimick...the Cray CX1

    The CX1 is NOT a server, it's a cluster. It's not one machine, it's eight. This is an important distinction when talking about it - it's not a single 16-CPU machine and can't act as one. It's useful for those wanting to run parallel Windows applications (i.e. Windows MPI apps), and as a development platform before moving onto a "real" server

    However, it is NOT unique or new. What's caught attention here is the Cray name.

    Tyan released their 'Typhoon' 4-node deskside cluster in 2006, for the same market.

    The SiCortex SC072 offers a 12 node, 72-core-total box built from 500MHz MIPS chips. It was first talked about a year or two ago.

    NEC announced their deskside vector system, the SX-8i, back in 2005

    Orion Multisystems had their DS-96 box, with 96 Transmeta Efficeon chips in it, released back in 2004 or so (with the company tanking by '06)

    And, whilst not deskside, Cray themselves have a rackmount equivalent - the Cray XD1, back in 2004, containing six dual-opteron nodes in a single 3U box

    So it's not new, it's just a big name, and unusual due to use of Windows My First Cluster Edition

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    Re: Desktop Supercomputer, or gimick...the Cray CX1

    Quote Originally Posted by directhex View Post
    So it's not new, it's just a big name, and unusual due to use of Windows My First Cluster Edition
    That made me giggle

    Oh, and it looks pretty cool!


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    Re: Desktop Supercomputer, or gimick...the Cray CX1

    Quote Originally Posted by Funkstar View Post
    That made me giggle

    Oh, and it looks pretty cool!

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    Re: Desktop Supercomputer, or gimick...the Cray CX1

    DIY version:

    http://helmer.sfe.se/

    Save yourself $21000 and you get a proper OS.

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    Re: Desktop Supercomputer, or gimick...the Cray CX1

    Wow. Cool DIY render-farm solution. I can imagine that could come in use for uni students.

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    Re: Desktop Supercomputer, or gimick...the Cray CX1

    I know the Cray was developed with Microsoft and Intel close by, but I believe it also runs RedHat...


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    Re: Desktop Supercomputer, or gimick...the Cray CX1

    Quote Originally Posted by perryelliot View Post
    I know the Cray was developed with Microsoft and Intel close by, but I believe it also runs RedHat...

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