Teradata to Implement Enterprise Data Warehouse at Caterpillar
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| Caterpillar purchased Teradata's market-leading analytical software running
| on a LINUX-based three-node 5500H server, plus an additional hot standby node
| and six terabytes of storage capacity.
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http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/industries/technology/article/teradata-implement-enterprise-data-warehouse-caterpillar_536439_12.html
Amazon's cloud now less prone to failure
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| Digging deeper into EC2, developers will also find that Amazon has added more
| flexibility around the creation of AMIs (Amazon Machine Images), which are
| the actual software packages running on the service.
|
| We're told that customers can "select the kernel and RAM disk to bundle with
| your AMI or to specify a kernel and RAM disk at launch time."
|
| Some new AMIs include:
|
| * Fedora Core 6 - 32 bit - a stock FC6 release with matching kernel and
| RAM disk
| * Fedora 8 - 32 bit - a stock F8 release with matching kernel and RAM
| disk
| * Fedora 8 - 64 bit - a stock F8 release with matching kernel and RAM
| disk
| * 2.6.18 Kernel - 32 bit - a stock 2.6.18 kernel (can be used with 32 bit
| AMIs)
| * 2.6.18 Kernel - 64 bit - a stock 2.6.18 kernel (can be used with 64 bit
| AMIs)
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/27/amazon_flexible_ec2/
Fedora is everywhere, even at NASA (see below). It's their competitive
secret 'weapon', so they hardly talk about it. Not bad for what Munchkins
call "slopware".
Related:
Fedora on the Final Frontier
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| There has been a long standing rumor regarding NASA running Fedora which all
| of us in the Fedora community have been always intrigued by. Is it true? What
| are they doing with it there? Why don't they run RHEL. Fortunately enough, a
| couple of weeks ago, I got to experience NASA behind the scenes, first hand,
| and hang out with the coolest members of the Fedora community, and find out
| the answer to these questions and lots more.
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http://jaboutboul.blogspot.com/2008/02/fedora-on-final-frontier.html
Interview: The driver behind NASA's Mars Rovers
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| It all runs on a collection of high-end Linux boxes -- nice systems, but
| commodity PC hardware. Since 3-D visualisation is a big part of the job, the
| Linux boxes sport bonzer NVIDIA graphics cards.
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http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;563338166;pp;1
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