From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 4 1: 6:18 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 4 01:06:15 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8CDE37B400 for ; Mon, 4 Dec 2000 01:06:15 -0800 (PST) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id eB496Eq25313; Mon, 4 Dec 2000 01:06:14 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 01:06:14 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Matt Bedynek Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Cluster Message-ID: <20001204010614.U8051@fw.wintelcom.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from mbedynek@pdq.net on Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 01:23:46AM -0600 Sender: bright@fw.wintelcom.net Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Matt Bedynek [001203 23:26] wrote: > Hello. > > I was wondering what it would take to setup a cluster array of servers to > process CPU intensive tasks? You would need some sort of inter-machine communication code. Several libraries are in the ports tree that support inter-machine clustering. > I run game servers and wonder if it would be viable or even feasable to get > some high power Dual Processor boxes and set them up in a cluster > configuration. > > I run some pretty hefty game servers and they are processor intensive. We > can push Dual 933s and Dual 800s to max. In addition, we use a LOT of > bandwidth. > > Any help or push in the right direction would be appreciated. Sure, tell us what you really need to do. :) -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message