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Originally Posted by Scott R
Thats not a "unix" box, that's an x86 flavor linux/bsd box, "unix" is an incorrect term. Unix is non-stop, itanium, hp ux, aix, solaris, etc. And an eight core box is just bout nothing in the server world, thats a two processors with four cores. What mule is talking about is a 8 to 16 physical processors, more in the range of 16 or 32 cores, those are high end.
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OS X is certified Unix at the OS level.
XServe can be configured to run as many OS X Servers as you want - run all the time 24/7. Maybe I wasn't using the the correct "unix" terminology.
I know that Virginia Tech is running a cluster of over 1000 of the older G5 based XServes. It still may be the fastest supercomputer at any university, but I don't know the current status.
I found the link - 7th fastest supercomputer in the world as well (edit: this is a dated ranking!)
http://www.apple.com/science/profiles/vatech2/
That seems high-end to me, or are we tripping over semantics?
Best,
Kurt