> On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 02:34:34PM -0800, G. L. `Griz' Inabnit wrote: > > Totally unrelated thought/question/request for input..... > > > > Over spring break, we're looking at putting together a small cluster > here > > in the shop. Athlon 850, dual P3 720, Duron 1 gig, Athlon 1 gig. Is it > > possible to use a cluster like this to compile the cvs stuff??? or am I > > having another flashback to the 60's? (we had better drugs then!!) :--) > > If you can get MOSIX (www.mosix.org) to run, this should be trivial. Mosix > essentially makes a network of single CPU machines look like one big SMP > machine. I could perhaps even join your cluster. :) Me to;-)
> But perhaps it would be easier just to share one NFS mount, compile > qt-copy, kdesupport, kdelibs and kdebase on one machine, and then > distribute the rest of the system on the other machines. If you start make with several threads, wouldn't it be faster do do this on such a cluster - or would the network-overhead for the file-sharing make the whole thing useless? Me and some friends also consider to build a mosix-cluster (we're all in a student's hostel) - althoug they won't let me in, cause the are scared that i'll "missuse" it for KDE-compiling;-) -- Wenn auch die Sicherheit vor den Menschen bis zu einem gewissen Grade eintritt durch eine bestimmte Macht, St�rungen zu beseitigen, und durch Reichtum, so entspringt doch die reinste Sicherheit aus der Ruhe und dem R�ckzug aus der Masse. (Epikur) Me, alias Franz Keferb�ck GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. http://www.gmx.net
