Massive Parallel computing

[Raj D.]

hi Florian ..,

RHEL3 and Suse9 Supports on Superdome , but I am not sure about the cpu issue.

I think its linux issue , that do not allow more than 16 cpu in a partition.

hth,
Raj.

[Ted Buis]

Definitions differ, but most massively parrallel computing systems have thousands of processors. Designs differ, but most are constructed of many small independent servers that are coupled with a high speed interconnect (e.g. Myrinet) with special software to each handle a small part of the problem. Superdome is much different than these systems in that all resources can be used by a single OS instance or more with the use of nPars and vPars. You could us HP Hyperfabric or Infiniband to build a massively parallel system, but most are built with two processors pizza boxes, like the rx2620 or rx1620 and LINUX and very expensive interconnects.