back to article Serious unboxing: 230 node research cluster down under

Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has run up a 230-node cluster from Dell to support its data-intensive and computational modelling research activities. The core of the machine, dubbed "Pearcey", is a bunch of PowerEdge M630 blades with 128 GB RAM each, and four R930 PowerEdge …

  1. Barry Rueger

    Not mentioned in the article

    Hmmph. I was impressed until I found out that the OS uses systemd.

  2. Francis Boyle Silver badge

    Since it's not mentioned in the article

    I was going to point out that the Bragg cluster is in fact named after Lawrence and William Bragg but I won't because it would involve making a terrible pun.

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