The Bladed Beowulf: A cost-effective alternative to traditional Beowulfs

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing, ICCC

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 245-254

  Feng, W ^a   Warren, M ^b   Weigle, E ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrophysics; Costs; Energy consumption; Hardware; Laboratories; Linux; Measurement; Power dissipation; Software tools; Supercomputers

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; BENCHMARKING; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LABORATORIES; LINUX; MEASUREMENTS; SUPERCOMPUTERS;

BEOWULF; BEOWULF CLUSTER; COMPUTING SYSTEM; COST EFFECTIVE; HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING; PERFORMANCE METRICS; THERMAL POWER; TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP;

CLUSTER COMPUTING;

EID: 84948971160     PISSN: 15525244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CLUSTR.2002.1137753     Document Type: Conference Paper

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