> > > > 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 -- [email protected] mailing list
