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IBM builds Linux supercomputer

By Sarah Left

Published: 22 March 2000 17:39 GMT

The University of New Mexico will be the first user of a 512-processor Linux supercluster, intended to push forward the low-cost option of cluster computing with open source software.

The supercomputing cluster, known as LosLobos, will consist of 256 two-processor IBM Netfinity PC servers. According to the US National Computational Science Alliance, this will be the largest open production of Linux supercluster aimed at the research community.

LosLobos will be a part of the Alliance's Virtual Machine Room, which is the national infrastructure for geographically distributed computing. Researchers will use the system to develop improved cluster management tools and to explore the capability of various science and engineering applications.

For its part, IBM said it hopes the move will result in high-powered, commercial Linux applications and product development.

Sources close to the company said the University of New Mexico is one of six universities expected to sign deals to use the Netfinity superclusters.

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