From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 18 08:28:16 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BBBC106566B for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:28:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@parodius.com) Received: from mx01.sc1.parodius.com (mx01.sc1.parodius.com [72.20.106.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 555468FC14 for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:28:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@parodius.com) Received: by mx01.sc1.parodius.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 1CDD21CC060; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:28:16 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:28:16 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Chuck Robey Message-ID: <20080318082816.GA74218@eos.sc1.parodius.com> References: <47DF1045.6050202@chuckr.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47DF1045.6050202@chuckr.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Cc: FreeBSD-Hackers Subject: Re: remote operation or admin X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:28:16 -0000 On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 08:43:49PM -0400, Chuck Robey wrote: > I have 4 computers, 1 big FreeBSD-current (4 x86 procs), 2 GentooLinux (1 > is a dial AMD Opteron, the other a dual older x86), and 1 MacOSX (dual > PPC). I was thinking about looking for two items, I'm not sure if I want > one or both of them: either some software to let me merely remotely manage > them (public software, mind) or, even better, something to get these > disparate hardwares to be able to work together, and (as much as possible) > to be able to share work. > > What might be the best, in terms of ability, and especially the ability to > make these work together? If they're not a FreeBSD port, as long as > they're reasonably stable, I don't mind porting things, but it needs to be > stable on all those CPUs. Could you reo\commend me something? I'll go > chase each one down, I won't jump on you if you're wrong, gimme your > guesses, ok? I don't understand your question. It's almost like you're asking two questions: 1) How can I manage all of these machines remotely? (E.g. ssh, VNC, serial console, KVM, etc.) 2) How can I harness the power of all of these machines simultaneously? (e.g. some form of CPU clustering) Can you elaborate? -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |