[H-GEN] HUMBUG cluster

[Andrew Pullin]

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Hi There,
    The only problem I can see is setting up Linux on them. I am not too
familiar with PPC Linux or the such, but once Linux was loaded, I don't see
many problems. The only possible problem that comes to mind would be does
the Clustering software run on a Mac? I suppose we should be able to get all
the source code and compile it ourselves, but we should check it out before
we commit. What are the differences we might have to overcome in building
custom Clustering kernels on a Mac? Are we likely to have any hardware
issues down the track we will have to deal with? Does anyone else have any
concerns?

    This is a very generous offer, and so I suppose on behalf of the
Clustering SIG that seems to be forming, I suppose I could say a tentative
Yes to accepting. Any other feedback or concerns guys? This Project seems to
be moving ahead, so lets keep it rolling. I will chat to my friend about if
Beowulf and/or any other free Clustering software works with Macs and get
back to you all. Unfortunately I am unable to attend the Meeting tomorrow or
next fortnight, but we really should get together and start to hammer out
some of these issues a little more formally so we can get full support from
the Humbug Committee to go ahead.
    Cheers!
        Andrew.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Marco Grigull" <kni501ss at optushome.com.au>
To: <general at lists.humbug.org.au>
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 5:29 PM
Subject: Re: [H-GEN] HUMBUG cluster


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> On Thu, 30 Jan 2003 21:52:17 +1000
> "Andrew Pullin" <andrew at hotspurbgc.com.au> wrote:
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> > Hi Tony,
>
> >     Pentium I's (or later) would be adequate because they are recent
enough
> > to have support for 100 BaseT networking and Large Hard Disk Drives if
we
> > needed them. We would need a "front end" machine, and three cluster
"nodes".
> > All software is of course free and downloadable from the Net.
>
> How would four powermac 7200/200 go down?  Even though they are
>  architectually different to pcs, I can aquire these easily enough and
>  would be happy enough to donate them to the cause.
>
> Marco
>
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