From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 22 09:09:21 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F36A016A4CE for ; Mon, 22 Dec 2003 09:09:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from swissgeeks.com (adsl-212-101-16-119.solnet.ch [212.101.16.119]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B56043D1D for ; Mon, 22 Dec 2003 09:09:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from pbrossin@swissgeeks.com) Received: from beer (unknown [10.0.0.20]) by swissgeeks.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 2093514 for ; Mon, 22 Dec 2003 18:09:16 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 18:09:16 +0100 From: Pierrick Brossin To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20031222180916.2f0b9660.pbrossin@swissgeeks.com> In-Reply-To: <20031221203522.88046.qmail@web11906.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20031221203522.88046.qmail@web11906.mail.yahoo.com> Organization: Swissgeeks X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.7 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: some info on how to buld a Cluster.? X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 17:09:21 -0000 On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 12:35:22 -0800 (PST) chrzempiec jay wrote: > i was watching the Screen Saver's and learning alot of things and was > wondering what would a Home User need with a Cluster.......... or Even > a Home Business? im leaning new Things Each day and was watching uses > on the screen Savers and think this is Pretty Cool ........ how can i > build one my self i dont have that many things to use can i use older > Pc Systems to build one and if so how old is old can i use>? and what > can i do with a Cluster??? First post to the correct mailing list. That would most likely be: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Now, clusters are useless for normal users (workstation, server, ...). Anyway it's still fun to try it even if it's not useful :) You can start by reading this http://www.offmyserver.com/cgi-bin/store/news/techtv_090303.html?id=7j3YLnbS Older systems may also be used for clusters though it won't help much to see a difference (as far as older means p90). A cluster is used for intensive computing things such as Graphic rendering. Regards -Pierrick Brossin http://www.swissgeeks.com