Comments on: XtremeData update

By: Links and observations | DBMS2 -- DataBase Management System Services

Links and observations | DBMS2 -- DataBase Management System Services — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 08:37:37 +0000

[...] a response to a question I messaged over, XtremeData tells me they have actual customers now. Press releases to [...]

By: Curt Monash

Curt Monash — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:11:10 +0000

Well, I’d assume the power supply size has something to do with the peak power drawn.

But yes — if a Machine A finishes its work faster, on average, than Machine B, then Machine A hopefully will draw less power overall.

By: Andrew S

Andrew S — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:57:08 +0000

(Apologies if I’m being too pedantic)

Power supply size is not equal to power consumption. The power supply size is simply the maximum that the power supply can deliver in total across the different voltages that it provides.

The actual power draw will be a function largely of the CPU, video, disks, RAM as well as the actual activity level of the server.

The Cray CX1 is basically a small blade device, with capacity for up to four blades with two CPUs each. While you could stick it in an office, pricey hardware like this belongs in a proper server room, especially since there’s not much advantage in having it deskside.

By: Curt Monash

Curt Monash — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:07:19 +0000

By that logic, how many nodes would you say 32 Nehalem cores + 0 FPGA cores is? (The XtremeData/Cray box.)

By: Harry

Harry — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:04:14 +0000

Netezza’s Skimmer has 1 S-Blade with 8 CPU cores and 8 FPGA cores, so I would say that’s 8 Nodes not 3, agree ?