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How large a Mascot Server licence do I need?
One frequent question from new customers is how many CPUs do I need to licence for my Mascot Server? This is actually two questions. First, Mascot is licensed in CPU units, where 1 CPU is good for 4 cores. The computer can have more than one processor, and each processor can have more than 4 cores, but only the number [...]
Mascot Server cluster mode
Most modern Intel processors have at least 4 cores and some models have 12 cores or more. Mascot Server is licenced by the CPU, where each CPU corresponds to 4 physical cores, so a single PC is perfectly sufficient for licences of 1 or 2 CPU. If you have a larger licence, there comes a point where it is not [...]
Running Mascot Server on a supercomputer
A supercomputer comprises a large number of dedicated processors, typically hundreds to thousands, that are situated close together in racks and cabinets and connected by a fast network. An individual computational node might look like a normal server or may be a more specialized blade server or a bare bones system of the sort Google and Facebook sometimes use. Their [...]