{"id":3444,"date":"2014-10-29T12:27:04","date_gmt":"2014-10-29T16:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maximummidrange.com\/blog\/?p=3444"},"modified":"2014-10-29T12:27:04","modified_gmt":"2014-10-29T16:27:04","slug":"cloud-computing-gets-breezier-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maximummidrange.com\/blog\/cloud-computing-gets-breezier-in-the-uk\/3444","title":{"rendered":"Cloud Computing Gets Breezier In The UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Cloud Computing Gets Breezier In The UK<\/em><br \/>\nor<br \/>\n<em>The IBM refurbished market could be poised to get a whole lot bigger.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metoffice.gov.uk\/\">Met Office<\/a> (the primary weather forecasting service for the UK) is about to replace their IBM P6 supercomputer installed in 2008 (and fully operational in 2009) for a cost about \u00a330 million with a brand-spanking new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cray.com\/Products\/Computing\/XC\/Specs\/Specifications-XC40.aspx\">Cray XC40<\/a> for a cost of about \u00a397 million.<\/p>\n<p>What does a major government agency get for almost 100 million pounds?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>480 Intel Xeon processor cores performing calculations at 16 petaflops (16,000 trillion calculations per second)<\/li>\n<li>Storage capacity of 17-20+ petabytes with more than 1.5 TB per-second of bandwidth<\/li>\n<li>2,000,000,000 GB working memory<\/li>\n<li>Most likely, a \u201cwarranty\u201d that will cover any costs required by the computer to function during its lifetime at Met Office.<\/li>\n<li>Free delivery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Well, we aren\u2019t so sure on that last one.<\/p>\n<p>When and if all those IBM P6 nodes from the computer to be replaced hit the refurb market, we\u2019ll be the first to let you know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cloud Computing Gets Breezier In The UK. 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