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Supercomputer version of Windows nears release | |
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| Time: 01:16 EST/06:16 GMT | News Source: News.com | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum | ||
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Microsoft on Monday released a near-final version of its Windows Computer Cluster Server 2003--a version of its operating system tailored to allow powerful clusters of Windows-based machines to perform high-performance computing tasks. The product, which was originally expected last year, is now slated to be finalized by June, with about 30 customers already testing the software. | ||
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| #1 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 5/9/2006 10:15:04 AM |
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My prediction: MS will bribe some university with cash and/or licenses to switch their SC from Linux (which runs most of the world's SCs) and then loudly claim in ads that the switch was due to Windows' super-human awesomeness.
You heard it here first. |
| #2 By 8589 (66.190.72.137) at 5/9/2006 1:05:35 PM |
| My prediction, Latch is found out to be a Linux junky and really has no idea what he or she is talking about. LOL |
| #3 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 5/9/2006 1:44:28 PM |
| #2: That's pretty funny considering it's coming from someone who only pops his head up to say "Me too!" to Parkkker's posts. |
| #4 By 32132 (64.180.219.241) at 5/9/2006 1:51:28 PM |
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#1 Windows owns the Top 5 TPC Price/Performance slots on TPC-C
http://www.tpc.org/tpcc/results/tpcc_price_perf_results.asp?resulttype=all&version=5¤cyID=1 Will that translate into Supercomputing? I'm not sure, but cheap powerful nodes can make for an inexpensive supercomputer. And a stripped down optimized Windows will definitely be competitive. |
| #5 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 5/9/2006 2:14:28 PM |
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#4: Those metrics are totally irrelevant to supercomputing. SCs need to be fast, secure and reliable, which is why most of them run Linux. In fact, *nix takes about 97% of the SC OS share. Windows is so insignificant it's lumped in with "Others".
http://www.top500.org/lists/2005/11/l/Operating_System |
| #6 By 32132 (64.180.219.241) at 5/9/2006 4:36:48 PM |
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"fast, secure and reliable"
Excellent. Windows 2003 Server is all of those! "Windows is so insignificant it's lumped in with "Others"" Well ... the main supercomputer benchmark is written in Fortran. I'm not sure how optimized Fortran compilers are for Windows. I guess when the Supercomputer for Windows product is out of beta we'll see how well it does. The good news is that 80% of the supercomputers use a processor Windows can run on. http://www.top500.org/lists/2005/11/l/Processor_Family |
| #7 By 32132 (64.180.219.241) at 5/9/2006 4:43:36 PM |
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Well ... I found this site.
It appears the Linpack benchmark runs quicker under Windows than Linux on identical hardware: http://www.polyhedron.co.uk/compare.html Thats good news for Windows for Supercomputers. |
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