Names of clusters

At RAL we have some Beowulf clusters for running the Unified Model.

Our first cluster, based on Pentium 3s, was named after JRR Tolkien, whose works include a translation of, and commentary on, Beowulf.

More recently we have acquired two new clusters based on Pentium 4s. These have been named after CS Lewis and Charles Williams.

The common theme is the Inklings, a group of fantasy authors who met in an Oxford pub for literary and theological discussion in the 1930s and '40s.

"Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens."
-- J.R.R. Tolkien

"If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth, only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair."
-- C.S. Lewis

"Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties come prepared to forgive, neither party come prepared to be forgiven."
-- Charles Williams