Re: [MLUG] Unix Epoch Time

[Dave Lloyd <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, Jonathan King wrote:

> 
> On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, Dave Lloyd wrote:
> 
> > So, if you don't want to be bitten by the 2038 bug, buy an Altix! :)
> 
> That's one way, but looking at this story
> 
>     http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-979372.html
> 
> it looks like I don't have enough money:
> 
>    "There are two configurations of the Altix system: the 3300, with 
>      as many as 12 processors, and the 3700, with as many as 64. 
>      Each system will accept sequels to the current Itanium 2 product, 
>      including models code-named Madison and Montecito, due for 
>      release this year and next.
> 
>      A 16-processor 3700 with 16GB of memory costs $305,000, and a 
>      64-processor system with 64GB of memory costs $1 million, 
>      according to SGI."
> 
> Now, obviously this is a sensational deal when you consider that you 
> *also* get Dave Lloyd jetting out to your location whenever anything 
> goes wrong, but this is still, alas, a pretty high multiple of my 
> salary. :-)

Well, it's big iron, not a desktop machine.

For the record, the machine at ornl.gov has 256 processors and 2TB
(that's terabytes) of RAM.


-- 
--dlloyd

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