Re:The Problems with Benchmarking like this... (Score 1)

You obviously need to look better at how Linux scale on 8P machines and more before making such statements

If linux scalability is really an issue, beyond 8 processors, then i guess that the SGI Altix 3700 is just
vaporware/gare.

I suggest that you read the following articles that debunk the myth of the 8processor barrier :

SGI Busts into Linux with 64-Processor Scalability

NEC Calls Dibs on Breaking Linux Eight-Processor Limit

I personally hope that these benchmarks can be run against more recent kernels and a full description of optimizations and patches used disclosed.
Considering that SGI is using a [somewhat] standard 2.4.19 kernel to scale this well , I am certain that the results will be much better.