How long is the wall length of the Ubuntu server?

The so-called server "wall" in this article is actually a "machine wall" composed of server cabinets in a neat arrangement. It is not a special term. Somewhere on the earth, the "machine wall" composed of Ubuntu servers is very long and long. You guess how long is it? On September 18, lunar January, according to foreign media reports, a computing center (wetadig.pdf) in Wellington, New Zealand, undertook a strange computing task: Avatar) later computer-aided production

The so-called server "wall" in this article is actually a "machine wall" composed of server cabinets in a neat arrangement. It is not a special term. Somewhere on the earth, the "machine wall" composed of Ubuntu servers is very long and long. You guess how long is it?

On August 18, lunar January, according to foreign media reports, a computing center (Weta Digital) in Wellington, New Zealand, undertook a strange computing task: later computer-aided production of movie clips (Avatar. Because of the huge computing workload, not a few large computers can do it. So what should we do?

The actual situation is that, using more than 4,000 HP blade servers, each server has two processors (8 cores in total), the server hard disk capacity is 500 GB, and the network speed is 10 GBps, the final result can be obtained after 48 hours of continuous operation. The operating system of the server is all Ubuntu server version, and 90% of the working desktop is also all Ubuntu Desktop version. Assuming that a server cabinet is installed with an average of 10 HP servers, and the average cabinet footprint is one meter, it is easy to calculate that the Ubuntu server wall is about 400 m long. Ah, what a spectacular view! This Ubuntu server wall can enclose a stadium with a 400-meter runway.

At first, foreign media reported that the project uses a red hat RHEL operating system, but they guessed it wrong. In fact, the Ubuntu operating system is used, which is so disappointing. RedHat has a history of 17 years, and Ubuntu has only been available for five years! I have been to a large data center, but I have never been to a large data center with several hundred meters of length on the server wall, or even dare not think about it. In China, if there is such a large project for public bidding, I think Microsoft will definitely win the bid, and tens of millions of RMB will be spent. It doesn't matter how much it will cost. However, I cannot afford to spend so much money.

Here is a very interesting little story. Yesterday afternoon, after I went home, I quickly sat down at the computer (not shut down before) Table for work. Work is also normal, but later I want to shut down for dinner, I found a "fault ". "Fault" cannot be shut down! What happened? I am wondering. I had to shut down and quit the system abnormally. However, the system cannot be started after the hard drive is restarted ). As a result, I found that the indicator on the kanas U disk was not on. Is there a problem with the disk? I pulled the USB disk and found that the USB port and the USB port were out of touch. I immediately understood that this must be a bad thing for my little grandson. However, I think back to my work on the computer, U disk can work as usual without being attached. It's amazing! It is no wonder that the U disk is used for work. Most of the work is completed in the memory (you do not have to read the disk repeatedly), and the operation speed is very fast. In some cases, it may be faster. Do you believe it? This time, I am convinced.