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PhastPhred
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Microsoft and Cray to unveil $25,000 Windows-based supercomputer
http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1589&tag=nl.e539
Microsoft and Cray are set to unveil on September 16 the Cray CX1, a compact supercomputer running Windows HPC Server 2008.
The pair is expected to tout the new offering as “the most affordable supercomputer Cray has ever offered,” with pricing starting at $25,000.
In a September 15 posting to the Windows Server blog, Softie Tina Couch noted:
“It’s high performance and productivity computing that meets the needs of users, IT pros and developers by providing a highly integrated, familiar environment that is the right size and price for departmental and workgroup needs. The CX1 combines compute, storage, and visualization in a single integrated system that’s designed for non-traditional environments like labs, offices. If space is a problem, not to worry, it’s compact enough to fit in a broom closet.
“How can you get one?! It’s as easy as shopping on Amazon.com. Customers can go online, order the CX1 system using a configurator and pay with credit card.”
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Sir Furry Mark
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I'll take 4!
Like the speedtest in your sig by the way - these are mine:
 
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Cow_tipping
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I like your sig too, but I'll stick with mine.
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PhastPhred
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| Cow_tipping wrote: | | I like your sig too, but I'll stick with mine. |
I'd sure like to trade Sigs with you, but alas, nothing that fast (Sorry, "PHast") in this neck of the woods...
AFA the MicCraysoft machine, I'd bet THAt baby would Shrub for us! If it's ported to that O/S!
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Grizzly
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| Cow_tipping wrote: | | I like your sig too, but I'll stick with mine. |
Tippy - GET Back where you belong , and stop using other peops BANDWIDTH ! (Unless for KWSN off curss roll:  )
378 days for Cows-who-nearly-say MooNi to over-take KWSN in MJ12 
Can't post my banh'y-thingy - Shrubbin' else'where (But I own the Fibre - so  [Unlike SOME OTHERS ]
gdsR Da-Grizz :  :
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mohrorless
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I wish I had those numbers....
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Cow_tipping
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omg, still 378 days... well that's errrr.... well.... *Harrrrrrrrr!* long
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KWSN Im Not Dead
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| Sir Furry Mark wrote: | | ...Like the speedtest in your sig by the way... |
Am I the only one that went to the other side of the World to see what my speedtest is?
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Al Dente
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| PhastPhred wrote: | | AFA the MicCraysoft machine, I'd bet THAt baby would Shrub for us! If it's ported to that O/S! |
It's just a 7U rack-mount blade chassis with 8 slots, turned on it's side in a desk-side case and running M$ HPC (high-performance cluster) Server 2008, so should BOINC out of the box.
If you were to stuff it with 8 dual-slot 6-core Xeon modules, that'd give you 96 Xeon cores, or (rough guess) 50,000/day on a low scorer like Rosetta and way over 100,000 on something generous like MilkyWay. So just one box would give ~1 million BOINCings/week, or put into context, ~15% of KWSN's total output!!!!
Fully stuffed like that, it'll set you back nearly $90K/£50K.
Now where did I put that lottery ticket?
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mohrorless
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$90K? Is that all? Chump change.
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