> > > > Where do you guys go when you want a barebones server for the closet?
> > > > I've built machines before but it seems like it might make more sense
> > > > to buy one these days.
> > >
> > > I often have old machines given to me or find companies throwing out
> > > perfectly functioning old machines - clean them up, put in new drives and
> > > fans in and they work just fine!
> >
> > I obviously don't know anything about this, but I remember reading
> > about how Gentoo is going in the direction of allowing you to chain
> > the processing power of a bunch of machines together.  Is that
> > distributed computing?
> 
> Grant, where have you been for the last five or ten years?
> 
> This has nothing to do with gentoo, its a linux thing. Try this for but
> one example
> 
> http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;719533135;fp;512;fpid;1889228632
> 
> google for any combination of the following: linux clustering openmosix
> beowulf

Sounds pretty rad.  Has anyone experimented with a bunch of old
clunkers in a cluster?

- Grant
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