From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 4 14:54:40 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 4 14:54:39 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from parmenides.utp.net (uds81-123.dial.hccnet.nl [193.173.123.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AC6237B400 for ; Mon, 4 Dec 2000 14:54:38 -0800 (PST) Received: by parmenides.utp.net (Postfix, from userid 1005) id EAD8E14D; Mon, 4 Dec 2000 23:54:34 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by parmenides.utp.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B66E6132; Mon, 4 Dec 2000 23:54:34 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 23:54:34 +0100 (CET) From: Janko van Roosmalen To: Matt Bedynek Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Cluster In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG The Nov 2000 issue from Linux Journal on page 144 has an article about GNU Queue (www.gnuqueue.org), software to submit jobs to a cluster etc. You could also check out the "Beowulf-HOWTO" at www.linuxdoc.org. Beowulf is the clustering of Linux machines developed at Nasa. Have not played with all this stuff personally, just know it exists. ===Janko van Roosmalen - Vught - Netherlands=== On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Matt Bedynek wrote: > Hello. > > I was wondering what it would take to setup a cluster array of servers to > process CPU intensive tasks? > > 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. > > MAtt > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message