Hi,

Don't forget the power consumption (and the cost for the power) as well
as getting rid of the heat (if that's a problem where you are right now).

For fun a IIci cluster is cool.  For real work it's not so cool
since the power gets expensive.

You don't have to have the same cpu/memory for each node if you
don't want.  What you will need to do is have each node look like
any other node in the sense that the program foo is in the path
and it runs.  If one node is a ppc and another is a 68k and a 
third is a sparc you just need the program to run the same.

cheers

bruce
as
On Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 01:31:29PM -0500, David Rogers wrote:
> I've been contemplating doing this with the several IIci's that I  
> have.  All I need is a few more hard drives and I'm gonna give it a  
> try...I just don't know what for yet though...
> 
> dave rogers
> 
> On Oct 11, 2005, at 11:27 AM, Joshua Coombs wrote:
> 
> >I don't see why it couldn't be done.  I've absolutely no experience  
> >with HPC setups, but I love pushing old hardware into new tasks,  
> >how can I help? : )
> >
> >Joshua Coombs
> >
> >----- Original Message ----- From: "William Duke" <wduke@cogeco.ca>
> >To: <port-mac68k@netbsd.org>
> >Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 12:13 PM
> >Subject: Beowulf
> >
> >
> >
> >>I'm curious as to whether anybody has ever tinkered with the idea  
> >>of setting
> >>up a 68k Mac Beowulf cluster using NetBSD?  I did do a quick  
> >>search on
> >>Google and found that somebody in Japan was working on a 68k Mac  
> >>based HPC.
> >>
> >>I think it would be an interesting project.   24 Quadra 700's or  
> >>Quadra
> >>605's running BSD or Linux, doing some high performance, relatively
> >>speaking, computing.   I already have one Quadra 700 and an old 24  
> >>port
> >>10baseT switch that I could use.
> >>
> >>Hmm, I just need 23 more Quadras to really start some super- 
> >>computing...
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> 

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