[ale] SGI Altix 256 CPUs Single Kernel

[Christopher Fowler]

On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 09:34, Dow Hurst wrote:
> SGI Unveils Breakthrough Support for up to 256 Processors on SGI(r) Altix(r) 
> Systems Running on Single Linux(r) Kernel.
> 
> In an industry first, Silicon Graphics announced the worldwide availability of 
> SGI Altix systems running up to 256 Intel Itanium2 processors within a single 
> instance of the Linux operating system. The record-breaking accomplishment is 
> the end result of an international Altix beta program originally targeted to 
> achieve just half the scalability of today's 256-processor milestone.
> http://www.sgi.com/newsroom/press_releases/2004/march/large_scale.html
> 

If a process is running on one node and that node died can the same
process be picked up on another node.

> 
> Thought this might interest some,
> Dow