I'm reading the document now, but need a quick set of numbers. I'm spec'ing a cluster and need to quickly know what is needed for each node. I have a cpu bound app that I have already integrated with PVM and is running on a very ad-hoc, mis-matched cluster of the machines I had handy. I want to start with a cluster of 10 matched machines and expand from there. Due to the number of machines I may have in the cluster, I will not have time to do hands-on for each one, hence LTSP.
So the question is: What is needed for the cluster, each LTSP node, that is the minimum cost and yet still reliable? I'm thinking about AMD 1.1GHz-1.7GHz, 128MB, 10/100 NIC built-in. Eventually using the serial ports as the dumb-terminal interface through hardware terminal servers and also eventually using a power strip that interfaces to the network so I can power cycle the nodes. In the beginning I do not have funds for bootroms and so will go with floppy drives and diskettes for the booting. The application only has ~8MB resident, I will not run X and will rarely log in to the box other than ssh to start applications and the pvm daemons (ssh is a secure rsh). Can anyone tell me a configuration that will work, that is cheap, and someplace to order it through the net or through a local (DFW) or chain store? Thanks Mike ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: AMD - Your access to the experts on Hammer Technology! Open Source & Linux Developers, register now for the AMD Developer Symposium. Code: EX8664 http://www.developwithamd.com/developerlab _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
