No, we need the machines to remain separate for things like security,
network load balancing and failover.
Making it a Beowulf introduces a single point of failure and forces the
control node's kernel to take the full brunt of all the network processing
for all services, plus the Beowulf operation itself. Not good.
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Rhandeev Singh http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~rhandeev
Linux User Group http://linux.comp.nus.edu.sg
National University of Singapore
On Sat, 26 Jun 1999, Moonshi Mohsenruddin wrote:
> Mini-beowulf to ??? heeheehee...
>
> --Moonshi
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alf
> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 1:31 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [SLP] Do not buy the hardisk...
>
>
> I think the K6-2 would be a good general purpose machine,and a few more
> hdd on the 128mb ram machine we have a good www/ftp server.
> the k6-2 is same config as elvin.net :P except mine's a 350.
> of coz we could have a mini beowulf.. hahahahha
>
> Elvin
> -
> On Tue, 22 Jun 1999, Moonshi Mohsenruddin wrote:
>
> > I have a few machines that I could spare maybe if my boss decided
> > not to roll out his crazy ideas on Linux :P
> >
> > What can we do with it ??? If the proposal is good, I might ask my
> > boss to scrap his idea and I will entrusts the machines online with SLP.
> >
> > I have 3 spare PCs with a simple configuration like:
> >
> > a) AMD K6-2 300Mhz, 64MB SDRAM, 4.3GB Hdd
> > b) Intel Pentium 166Mhz MMX, 128MB RAM, 2.1 GB Hdd
> > c) Intel Pentium 133Mhz, 32MB RAM, 1.2GB Hdd
> >
> > Cheers!
> > Moonshi Mohsenruddin
> > __________________________
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> > ICQ UIN:2595480
> > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alf
> > Sent: Sunday, June 20, 1999 7:33 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [SLP] Do not buy the hardisk...
> >
> >
> > Sounds bad... I tot the hardwarezone thing was official and not a
> > fren-fren thingy ?
> >
> > Dawn: Adrian can only provide the machine, SingNet might not give us the
> > bandwidth.. And of coz then again .. we maybe never know when Adrian might
> > quit :)
> >
> > LV: I'll continue with the ADSL thingy, it's better then nothing.
> >
> > Time to look for alternatives..
> >
> > Elvin
> > -
> >
> > On Sun, 20 Jun 1999, Ng Kai Hoe Raymond wrote:
> >
> > > Bad news, my connection in hardwarezone has resigned
> > > (he claims management issue) and therefore he cannot
> > > support us anymore.
> > >
> > > It is really disheartening, but I think we can work on something
> > > else. In any case, in the coming weekend, move all the relevant
> > > pages over. We will think of something. Red Dawn, I guess we
> > > have to contact your friend again.
> > >
> > > Sigh.. :
> > >
> > > --
> > > -------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Ng Kai Hoe Raymond Pager : 92279944 ICQ UIN : 4878260
> > > Editor, Singapore Linux Portal http://linux.com.sg
> > > Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > PGP Public Key : http://members.tripod.com/~ngkaihoe/ngkaihoe.txt
> > >
> > > 'This has given me the greatest trouble and still does: to realize
> > > that what things are called is incomparably more important than what
> > > they are.'
> > > - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, "The Gay Science"
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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