Configurating a supercomputer for an interactive scientific workload
Wendell L. Anderson, Richard S. Brice, W. P. Alexander · University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) · 1982
A detailed, validated simulation model of an existing Cray-1 running under an interactive operating system was used to investigate configurations of a new supercomputer recently announced by the same vendor. The goal was to determine the optimum configuration for a known interactive scientific workload. Questions considered included how much main memory would be needed and whether to acquire an optional fast swapping device.