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Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 13:14:45 -0800
From: "Martin J. Bligh" <Martin.Bligh@us.ibm.com>
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Subject: Re: SMP/cc Cluster description [was Linux/Pro]
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> We don't agree on any of these points.  Scaling to a 16 way SMP pretty much 
> ruins the source base, even when it is done by very careful people.

I'd say that the normal current limit on SMP machines is 8 way.
But you're right, we don't agree.  Time will tell who was right.
When I say I'm interested in 16 way scalability, I'm not talking about
SMP, so perhaps we're talking at slightly cross purposes.
 
> Seriously, I went through this at SGI, that's exactly what they did, and it
> was a huge mistake and it never worked.

You seem to make this odd logical deduction quite a bit - you (or company X)
has tried concept X before. Their implementation didn't work. Therefore the
concept is bad. It's not particularly convincing as an argument style to others.
But I understand that it makes *you* want to try something else.

Martin.

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