Weather forecast service, Debian cluster system beat super computer

Weather forecast service, Debian cluster system beat super computer-Linux release version technology-Debian information, the following is read details. PAGASA replaced SGI with a Debian Linux cluster system consisting of eight PCs. This system will be used to deal with vital information and forecast extreme weather conditions such as typhoons, floods, droughts, and tsunami at a low cost. The entire cluster has eight computers connected to 1-gigabit switches and runs Debian Linux OS using Intel Xeon 64-bit processors. PAGASA has been using an SGI Irix super computer for the past 10 years. The monthly operating fee exceeds P200, 000 (about 34.4 thousand RMB ), debian Linux Clusters reduce the cost to 1/20 (about 1700 RMB ).

"We tried several Linux distributions, including Red Hat, Mandrake, and Fedora," said Alan Pineda, director of ICT and flood prediction at PAGASA. "It didn't weaken the budget, almost negligible." Pineda indicates that PAGASA wants to deploy an upgradeable system, and all devices used for data collection can be provided in stock, both laptops and mobile phones can transmit meteorological data such as temperature, humidity, rainfall, cloud formation, and atmospheric pressure to the PAGASA data center through SMS.