HELIOS harness PS3 power for enterprise server solutions

[ManuVlad3.0]

http://gamers-creed.blogspot.com/2007/05/helios-harnesses-playstation-3-power.html

...The reasons for porting HELIOS to the PS3 are more than simply showing off programming skills of the HELIOS team. It is of course more usual to have the enterprise software running on much more expensive platforms, such as IBM blade servers or Apple Xserves. But the PS3 is capable of lighter duties, and will be used by the HELIOS sales team to demonstrate the software to customers. With fully loaded servers running into multiple thousands of pounds, a compact demonstration server for under £500 makes perfect sense...

...Advantages of the HELIOS PS3 Linux installation:

· Easy installation, ready to run in a few minutes
· Excellent Linux on PS3 documentation from HELIOS
· Dedicated server operating system with optimized performance (40% more memory available)
· Java 1.5 runtime is pre-installed
· Easy maintenance shell from CD
· HELIOS services are pre-installed as a test drive.

 

[Skrying]

Neat but? You can build a much more capable server for less than a PS3. It might be awesome at some tasks but I just don't see the real point other than "Watch what we can do!" type of demostration.

 

["Nerve-Damage"]

Neat but? You can build a much more capable server for less than a PS3. It might be awesome at some tasks but I just don't see the real point other than "Watch what we can do!" type of demostration.

The PS3 is far more user friendly (carry wise) compared to a midsize to full-size PC for doing demonstration/presentation.

 

[Skrying]

The PS3 is far more user friendly (carry wise) compared to a midsize to full-size PC for doing demonstration/presentation.

Really? The huge number of shuttle computers I've seen that pack just as much power (and for certain purposes, much more) highly disagree with you.

 

["Nerve-Damage"]

Really? The huge number of shuttle computers I've seen that pack just as much power (and for certain purposes, much more) highly disagree with you.

I know this is going to lead into a dumb argument; so I will leave it at this. My shuttle case weighs in around 20-25lbs and my PS3 is less than 12lbs (and you can fit the PS3 in a nice size leather carrying case).

 

[one]

Official Site
http://www.helios.de/
PR
http://www.helios.de/news/news07/N_04_07.phtml
Linux Installation
http://www.helios.de/support/ps3_install.phtml

Since Helios is "a leading developer of cross-platform networking, PDF, and image server solutions", it looks like a good match depending on how they are thinking about optimizing their server to SPEs.