According to eWEEK and HPCWire, a U.K. startup company, Omneta plc, is about to build a distributed supercluster able to reach a peak performance of 120 teraflops for a sustained performance of about 70 teraflops. This supercomputer, which would become the most powerful in Europe, will be made of several thousands of Apple Xserve G5 servers and Xserve RAID storage systems. The cluster will use the Interoute network which covers today 61 cities in 19 countries. The system should be commercially available next year, offering several solutions to potential customers, such as pay-as-you-go programs or fixed term contracts. However, there are significant issues to solve before this deployment can be successful, both financial and technical. Read more...
Sources: Mark Hachman, eWEEK, September 21, 2005; HPCWire, September 23, 2005; and various web sites
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