[NVDave]

In what configuration? Sounds like you’re talking about something like the SGI Altix setup at NASA, yes?

Last I looked, SGI’s kernel changes aren’t yet certified for Oracle deployment. Oracle has their own versions of Linux which they recommend for deployment - based on Red Hat Enterprise distro’s from what I last know. And last I looked, the Linux crowd was pitching a fit about the license Sun had on ZFS being incompatible with the Stallmanesque theology of Linux. Now that Oracle owns Sun, perhaps ZFS’ license changes to allow incorporation into Linux, but that’s probably down the road a bit.

[ThePythonicCow]

Last I looked, SGI’s kernel changes aren’t yet certified for Oracle deployment.

The main stream Linux 2.6 kernels run, such as a retail SUSE right out of the box, run as is, on these large systems.

Whether or not Oracle has certified on such systems is up to Oracle.

Stallmanesque theology of Linux

Ok - guess you don't like the GPL license nor Linux. That's you opinion. We don't all agree.

I was just correcting your earlier, substantially inaccurate claim:

Getting to the point of supporting 64 CPU’s, with scalable results? That’s still way down the road for Linux.