-----Original Message----- From: Yuri DeGroot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: CLUG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 12:46 PM Subject: RE: firewall/routers
>So IMHO the worthwhileness comes down to how cheap you >can get the old boxen, compared to how cheap the likes >of www.dragonpc.co.nz sell new boxen. Indeed. Plus the fact that you need parallelised software or a method of running something simultaniously in parts on multiple machines. In my case I have spent about $70.00 for the equivalent of a 1.35GHz computer, which I consider good value :-) >So I guess a better use for old boxen is perhaps as >firewalls, routers and maybe X terminals. For old boxen, yes. It really comes down to "What are they capable of running?" >If I'm running several X apps, all on diffent boxen >on my LAN, and all being displayed on one X terminal, >then I 'spose that would be as good as running a >beowulf cluster, without the hassles of recompiling >and/or rewritting the apps. Exactly. You are utilising CPU cycles on machines other than the one you are sitting at, and you can get better performance for doing so. Wayne
