Reply to post: Re: The SGI Itaniums were OK

Re: The SGI Itaniums were OK

I managed several SGI Itanium systems. They were very good for CFD work.

True tale - when a blade had to be replaced on an Altix, the SGI engineer had to phone a number in the States and get a unique code. Else the blade would not join the system.

Preventing $COUNTRY fro assembling a supercomputer by buying spare parts.