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Old 04-10-2009, 07:53 PM   #5
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I don't know much about this at all, but I'll say this since it might help. How about using the cluster that you can access? Maybe Microsoft Azure platform or other? Here's a program that, acccording to them, would take weeks to calculate that graph but they can do it in seconds using Azure cluster

http://www.dotnetsolutions.ltd.uk/ev.../wikiexplorer/

Again, it just come to my mind when I saw the thread. I'm looking forward the end result
That won't help me because that is a software visualization tool.

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Originally referring to a specific computer built in 1994, Beowulf is a class of computer clusters similar to the original NASA system. They are high-performance parallel computing clusters of inexpensive PC hardware. The name comes from the main character in the Old English epic poem Beowulf.
Basically, you build a supercomputer from a bunch of PCs (anywhere from 10 to 1k).
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