Re: heterogeneous clusters?

["Robert F. Schaefer" <rschaefe%gcfn.org@localhost>]

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To: "Robert F. Schaefer" <rschaefe%gcfn.org@localhost>
Cc: <tech-cluster%NetBSD.org@localhost>
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 10:24 AM
Subject: Re: heterogeneous clusters?


>
> > Anyone working with clusters of machines that don't happen to have the
> same
> > architecture, or older hardware like sun3/hp300/VAX?
> >
> > Bob
>
>
> I'm in the middle of trying to engineer a 10 node diskless cluster of
> SparcStation IPCs up, netbooting off an x86 machine. I'm mostly just doing
> it for fun (got the whole mess of IPCs for <$10 on ebay) and I'm pretty
> new to this clustering thing, but if there's anything I might be able to
> help you with, let me know.

I've got a collection of various old Real Computers that aren't doing much.
I'd like to put them to use but I've got no particular direction right now.

> --
>
> ross

Bob