Blade server interconnection

A computing system comprising:

• at least one cluster, having,
• only one master server, having,
• at least one general processing unit,
• a relatively low speed data input adapted to send and receive data, wherein the relatively low speed data input has a speed of about one gigabits per second,
• a relatively high speed data input adapted to send and receive data, wherein the relatively high speed data input has a speed that is at least about twice that of the relatively low speed data input, and
• a buffer memory adapted to buffer data between the relatively high speed data input and the relatively low speed data input, and
• at least one slave server, having,
• at least one general processing unit, and
• a relatively low speed data input adapted to send and receive data, the relatively low speed data input having data communication with the relatively low speed data input of the master server.

A computing system comprising:

• at least one cluster, having,
• only one master server, having,
• at least one general processing unit,
• a relatively high speed data input adapted to send and receive data, wherein the relatively high speed data input is at least one of serial front panel data port, Infiniband, RapidlO, standard front panel data port, Firewire, and other forms of Ethernet,
• a relatively low speed data input adapted to send and receive data, wherein the relatively low speed data input is gigabit Ethernet, and
• a buffer memory adapted to buffer data between the relatively high speed data input and the relatively low speed data input, and
• at least one slave server, having,
• at least one general processing unit, and
• a relatively low speed data input adapted to send and receive data, the relatively low speed data input having data communication with the relatively low speed data input of the master server.