Quote from 1Reason:
Hey Will,
I hope you had a good weekend.
I think you can do that with Linux and avoid the MS software. You can hook many of them together and get a huge amount of computer power. They are called "poor mans super computers" and even though you are using older computers that by themselves may have little value when you add them together they become huge in terms of computer power.
Quote from Banjo:
are all those gaps on the 30 min chart normal?

Quote from 1Reason:
Hello Will,
it was great and my boys said the worst thing about the trip was having to leave.

Quote from 1Reason:
About the multiple linux boxes,
not really sure about the computer inter-connects. Cant be that big of a deal though as some of the setups I have read about are pretty cheap.
Quote from Willleung:
Was a quiet weekend, Lucia only return to Shenzhen yesterday, so we just had a quiet evening.
How was the waterpark? Did the boyz have fun? and did you get catch looking at young gals by Mrs. 1R?
Yes, Linux are great at distribution computing, but you still need good interconnect, normal LAN is too slow for it. Would love to do one if I can use it trading, but my broker only have .Net interface.
Working hard at sunday night huh?
Yes, Banjo, and they do form channels that last 3 to 5 days![]()
Quote from ATLien:
Regarding Linux. You can easily setup a nice cluster connected via 10 gigabit lan, should be fast enough, especially if your application is properly parallelized. You can also check out infiniband, infinipath, myrinet, etc. Infiniband currently provides best latency and bandwidth. I believe their high end product sports a latency of 1.29 microseconds, with bandwidth of 954 MBps.
