Roadrunner resides at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory where its primary task will be to ensure the safety and reliability of the U.S's nuclear weapons stockpile.
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Some of the cable used to wire Roadrunner.
Technicians crawling through the floors to hook up Roadrunner.
Wiring the rack from the back.
Two IBM QS22 blade servers and one IBM LS21 blade server are combined into a specialized "Triblade" configuration for Roadrunner. A production Triblade.
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Credit: LeRoy N. Sanchez, Records Management, Media Services and Operations
Credit: LeRoy N. Sanchez, Records Management, Media Services and Operations
Credit: LeRoy N. Sanchez, Records Management/Media Services and Operations
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