Re: [Fed-Talk] An Open Letter to Apple on Server Technloogies
Re: [Fed-Talk] An Open Letter to Apple on Server Technloogies
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] An Open Letter to Apple on Server Technloogies
- From: Joel Esler <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 08:54:14 -0500
I think that Apple has already though of a replacement and a solution for it. They tend to do that. Now we have to wait and see what that replacement is.
J
On Nov 10, 2010, at 9:03 AM, Link, Peter R. wrote:
> Jerry,
>
> No, Apple can't but without enough new sales Apple doesn't want to keep developing and building a product that people have stopped buying. I wish they would but I'm trying to understand the situation from Apple's point of view.
>
> Actually, yes, Apple could expect installations to keep up with technology. They do with desktops and laptops even though we all have 6-10 year old Macs still running. And new technology is pushing for faster and more powerful servers, especially server farms, to handle the growing amount of data being pushed around.
>
> As for your supercomputer comment, that isn't necessarily true. How many Cray 1's are still in active use? The Top 500 list changes very regularly, including new and faster supercomputers by its most active installations. These installations regularly come out with a much faster system at least once a decade built around new processors. You have to continue to grow if you want to keep up in this field. Remember when Apple called their Mac Pro a supercomputer several years ago? That term needs to be updated.
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> June 2005, LLNL's Blue/Gene-L hit the list as the first supercomputer to go over 100TFlops. As of June 2010, it's #8. It held this position until June 2008, when the first PFlop system was tested.
>
> On Nov 10, 2010, at 4:41 AM, Blackmon Jerry (Contractor) wrote:
>
>> On 11/9/10 2:53 PM, "Link, Peter R." <email@hidden> wrote:
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>>> These lists are fine but they also show something that I could see Apple
>>> using against Xserve users, the fact that these are G5 systems, not
>>> recent purchases. What have you bought from Apple lately??? We need to
>>> see recent purchases to see any trends of new and replacement systems to
>>> justify keeping the Xserve.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Apple can't seriously expect these installations to keep up with the
>> latest state of the art. Seems to me these systems will be in place until
>> they die. A supercomputer that's no longer the fastest in the world is,
>> well, still a supercomputer.
>>
>> ---
>> Jerry Blackmon <email@hidden>
>> Senior Systems Administrator
>> Department of Treasury
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