How to setup clusters
Alma J Wetzker
almaw
Mon May 17 11:50:53 PDT 2004
> Aaron Grewell <agrewell at uwb.edu> Mon, 11 Aug 2003 21:31:26 -0700
>
> On Sat, 09 Aug 2003 19:54:44 -0500
> Ben Duncan <bns at meta3.net> emitted these signals:
>
>>I set up a Mosix one about 2 years ago for a trade show.
>>Not a problem and I really liked it.
>>
>
> Another vote for Mosix. My office workstation is currently a Mosix
> cluster. I got tired of my compiles bogging the CPU (made my MP3's
> skip), so I grabbed a couple of spare machines and lashed them all
> together with Mosix. Now when I run a compile it runs on the unloaded
> CPU's instead of the one with all my eye-candy on it. Who needs XFCE?
> I just add nodes! ;) Just make sure the other nodes are in the other
> room, otherwise it gets a bit loud. It will also keep you warm in
> winter.
It sounds like I need to give that a try. I live in Minnesota so
keeping warm in the winter is a serious consideration! ;)
-- Alma
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