On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 04:15:18PM -0700, Jim Lux wrote: > At 03:46 PM 8/27/2007, Lombard, David N wrote: > >On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 03:07:22PM -0700, Jim Lux wrote: > >> And here's a challenge at the other end of the spectrum. > >> > >> What's the lowest cost, simplest, closest to off the shelf way to > >> build a small network file server that can do DHCP/PXE booting, etc. > >> for a compact low power cluster. Something like a LinkSys NSLU-2 > >> (<$100 but you need to add a USB disk, and load a new version of the > >> OS that has dhcpd and tftpd) could probably do it, but it would be > >> nice to have an integrated solution. > > > >Putting dhcpd, xinetd, tftp, pxelinux, &etc on the head node? What > >precludes > >this "software only" solution? > Essentially, the mini-server IS the head node. It doesn't have to do > very much... get the worker bees up and running, and, I suppose, > potentially fire off the jobs on the workers, although that might > just be done in the startup script for the node. > > While this isn't the "Beowulf of Furbys" it's pretty darn close..
OK, so you're looking for a minimal server platform. Take a look at gumstix <http://gumstix.com/> -- David N. Lombard, Intel, Irvine, CA I do not speak for Intel Corporation; all comments are strictly my own. _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
