Re: Intel vs Sparc

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_exesolutions.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 21:06:48 -0800
Message-ID: <3E4B27E8.7AC7B346@exesolutions.com>

Alan Hargreaves wrote:

> DA Morgan wrote:
> >
> >>/Rauf Sarwar
> >
> >
> > What Linux needs is something Sun, HP, and IBM are working on right now that I have heard referred to as N+1. The
> > ability to share CPU resources between machines. Not just software parallelizing between multiple CPUs on one machine
> > ... but the operating system parallelizing between CPUs on all machines in a data center. And it is a capability that
> > will begin to be offered in about one year.
> >
> > Daniel Morgan
> >
>
> Would the software you are talking about be the N1 provisioning server
> that was announced in the webcast yesterday? Not quite what you are
> suggesting but interesting none the less.
>
> alan.

I have no idea what was announced yesterday. My information comes from meeting with hardware vendors over the last six months.

Daniel Morgan Received on Wed Feb 12 2003 - 23:06:48 CST