[ale] My company

[Dow Hurst]

Stephen,
I really believe it is that many IT people do not have experience with
clusters.  Also, IT dept. tend to purchase name brand equipment that is
more expensive than just plain vanilla PCs.  Another point is that the
clustering software for Linux has just become reasonably robust for
critical applications.  This is just my thoughts.  I have wondered why
people didn't see the usefulness of the Origin2000 or Origin3000
platforms from SGI since they are so scaleable.  You can have thousands
of processors, thousands of SCSI controllers, terabytes of RAM, and all
of the resources separately controllable per CPU per UID and per
process.  It is truly an amazing architecture and has been around for
many years.  However, a Sun guy used to Solaris always looks to Sun for
solutions if possible.  You will find that as you get older that what
your used to using and what you currently are comfortable with will
guide you down a particular path.  Old guys and legacy equipment just go
together!!!
Dow

PS.  I my not be over 40 yet but I am an old guy in my habits now so I
can say this. ;-)


Stephen Turner wrote:
> 
> HAHA i cant help but think that the problems they are
> currently having with a box initilizing a modem would
> never have happend on a lin box.. they are running win
> 2000 just had a server go down ... HAHA sorry, im just
> um.. in a "i told you so" mood, hey man i tried to
> tell them linux was a better idea but did they listen?
> nope. they would have to go back to school and plus
> its unstable.. blah... while im mailing you guys i got
> a quick request of input, whats the down side to
> running a cluster server? the way i see it, its like
> redundent computers, one comes down and the others
> remain running... seems like it would be the ideal way
> to run a IT department... thats why i ask whats wrong
> with it.. my IT is running seperate servers for
> seperate tasks. later all :) love your inputs
> 
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions!
> http://auctions.yahoo.com
> 
> ---
> This message has been sent through the ALE general discussion list.
> See http://www.ale.org/mailing-lists.shtml for more info. Problems should be
> sent to listmaster at ale dot org.

-- 
__________________________________________________________
Dow Hurst                   Office: 770-499-3428
Systems Support Specialist  Fax:    770-423-6744
1000 Chastain Rd.
Chemistry Department SC428  Email:dhurst at kennesaw.edu
Kennesaw State University         Dow.Hurst at mindspring.com
Kennesaw, GA 30144
*********************************
*Computational Chemistry is fun!*
*********************************

---
This message has been sent through the ALE general discussion list.
See http://www.ale.org/mailing-lists.shtml for more info. Problems should be 
sent to listmaster at ale dot org.