Re: [gentoo-user] a closet server

2005-03-30 Thread A. Khattri
On Wed, 30 Mar 2005, Grant wrote: > That's pretty damn cool. Do all of the CPUs have to be identical? Id assume so. -- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] a closet server

2005-03-30 Thread Grant
> >| Sounds pretty rad. Has anyone experimented with a bunch of old > >| clunkers in a cluster? > > > > > > > Yes. Theres an excellent Gentoo guide on that: > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/openmosix-howto.xml > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/diskless-howto.xml > > >Yes. It'll cost you less buying

Re: [gentoo-user] a closet server

2005-03-30 Thread Joey
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 16:53:49 -0800 Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Sounds pretty rad. Has anyone experimented with a bunch of old | clunkers in a cluster? Yes. Theres an excellent Gentoo guide on that: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/openmosix-howto.xml http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/diskless-how

Re: [gentoo-user] a closet server

2005-03-29 Thread Grant
> | Sounds pretty rad. Has anyone experimented with a bunch of old > | clunkers in a cluster? > > Yes. It'll cost you less buying a second hand big SMP box or a > reasonably recent not so big SMP box because of the insane power usage > of old clunkers in a cluster. There's gotta be a way to crun

Re: [gentoo-user] a closet server

2005-03-29 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 16:53:49 -0800 Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Sounds pretty rad. Has anyone experimented with a bunch of old | clunkers in a cluster? Yes. It'll cost you less buying a second hand big SMP box or a reasonably recent not so big SMP box because of the insane power usage of ol

Re: [gentoo-user] a closet server

2005-03-29 Thread Grant
> > > > 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

Re: [gentoo-user] a closet server

2005-03-29 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:41:48 -0800 Grant wrote: > > > 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 thr

Re: [gentoo-user] a closet server

2005-03-29 Thread A. Khattri
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, Grant wrote: > > > 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 > > pe

Re: [gentoo-user] a closet server

2005-03-29 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:41:48 -0800 Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | 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? A

Re: [gentoo-user] a closet server

2005-03-29 Thread Grant
> > 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

Re: [gentoo-user] a closet server

2005-03-29 Thread A. Khattri
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, Jerry McBride wrote: > The name of the product? XBOX by microsoft. About the only thing they make > right and price right and runs gentoo beautifully. Im assuming this is *after* a few mods right? Also does this still work for XBoxes with firmware > 1.6? (Im also on the

Re: [gentoo-user] a closet server

2005-03-29 Thread A. Khattri
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005, Grant wrote: > 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

Re: [gentoo-user] a closet server

2005-03-29 Thread Bill Roberts
On 19:21 Mon 28 Mar , Grant wrote: > 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. Take a look at: http://hardwareguys.com/ They give you good, non-fanatic advice on buil

Re: [gentoo-user] a closet server

2005-03-29 Thread Stroller
On Mar 29, 2005, at 6:03 am, Jerry McBride wrote: On Monday 28 March 2005 10:21 pm, Grant wrote: 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. How much horsepower do you want? I get

Re: [gentoo-user] a closet server

2005-03-29 Thread Stroller
On Mar 29, 2005, at 4:21 am, Grant wrote: 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. No connection, just a happy customer. I got a quad-Xeon with hot-s

Re: [gentoo-user] a closet server

2005-03-29 Thread Ow Mun Heng
On Mon, 2005-03-28 at 23:04 -0500, Colin wrote: > Grant wrote: > > >>| 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. > >> > >>Pick up an old Sun workstation off ebay. An

Re: [gentoo-user] a closet server

2005-03-28 Thread Christoph Gysin
Grant wrote: Sounds perfect for one of these: http://mythtv.org/ If you mean the XBOX, then be aware that it can only be used as a mythtv-frontend, because of the lack of fast interfaces for TV-tuners (USB1 only). I'm using freevo (without the TV functionality) on an xbox. Christoph -- echo mailt

Re: [gentoo-user] a closet server

2005-03-28 Thread Grant
> > 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. > > > > How much horsepower do you want? I get my "servers" at Walmart for $149.00. > After I sell of the unneeded accessor

Re: [gentoo-user] a closet server

2005-03-28 Thread Grant
> > > > | 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. > > > > > > > > Pick up an old Sun workstation off ebay. An ultra2 2x300/2 with a gig of > > > > RAM is a

Re: [gentoo-user] a closet server

2005-03-28 Thread Martoni
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:05:01 -0800, Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > | 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. > > > > > > Pick up an old Sun workstation

Re: [gentoo-user] a closet server

2005-03-28 Thread Jerry McBride
On Monday 28 March 2005 10:21 pm, Grant wrote: > 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. > How much horsepower do you want? I get my "servers" at Walmart for $149.00. Aft

Re: [gentoo-user] a closet server

2005-03-28 Thread Grant
> > | 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. > > > > Pick up an old Sun workstation off ebay. An ultra2 2x300/2 with a gig of > > RAM is a good bet for most things

Re: [gentoo-user] a closet server

2005-03-28 Thread Colin
Grant wrote: | 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. Pick up an old Sun workstation off ebay. An ultra2 2x300/2 with a gig of RAM is a good bet for most things, and they'

Re: [gentoo-user] a closet server

2005-03-28 Thread Jamie Dobbs
> On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 19:21:33 -0800 Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | 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. > > Pick up an old Sun workstation off ebay. An ultra2

Re: [gentoo-user] a closet server

2005-03-28 Thread Grant
> | 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. > > Pick up an old Sun workstation off ebay. An ultra2 2x300/2 with a gig of > RAM is a good bet for most things, and they'

Re: [gentoo-user] a closet server

2005-03-28 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 19:21:33 -0800 Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | 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. Pick up an old Sun workstation off ebay. An ultra2 2x300/2 w

[gentoo-user] a closet server

2005-03-28 Thread Grant
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. - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list