Linux Magazine in Germany plans to build a 512 node Linux cluster | Linux Today

Linux Magazine in Germany plans to build a 512 node Linux cluster

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 28, 1998

A group in Germany is building a Linux cluster of 512 machines
at the Heinz Nixdorf Museum Forum in Paderborn (3rd floor).

They have a mailing list available for discussing and planning
this venture. To subscribe, send a mail to
“majordomo@klammeraffe.org”, in the body say “subscribe
cluster”.

Complete
Story
(In German)

More info:

World record Linux cluster attempt

The German television network WDR, http://www.wdr.de/tv/Computer-Club/home_nacht.htm
plans to feature Linux in its “Computer Night” http://www.hnf.de/termine/veranstaltung/ccnacht.html
television program on Dec 5 and 6. Planned is a Linux cluster
consisting of 512 computers from participating Linux user groups in
Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Holland. It is expected that
this will become the largest Linux cluster in the world. The
record, if achieved, is planned to be registered in the Guinness
Book of Records. The broadcast will originate from the Heinz
Nixdorf MuseumsForum, which makes its claim as the worlds largest
Computer Museum, in Paderborn, Germany http://www.hnf.de/

[German language links]
http://www.linux-magazin.de/cluster/index.html

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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