thecoroner
Banned
I was thinking about how easy it is to get old computers for pretty much nothing or very little money. "Hey, why not get 16 or so old PCs and put them together in a Linux cluster!" I thought last night.
First off, how hard is it to set up a Linux cluster for a Linux newbie? I would think if I got 16 P2 PCs at 250 MHz and 64 MB of RAM going, that would be a ton of computer power! 250 MHz times 16 gives you 4 GHz! For RAM I might use the clusterr as a web server to handle the digg effect if I could get fast enough Internet or just to play around with.
I know I have the space. The heat build up is a whole different issue though.
Can anyone tell me how hard Linux clusters are to set up and use? Will all Linux apps work with Linux Clusters or do they have to be specially coded? If so, what apps will work out of the box?
First off, how hard is it to set up a Linux cluster for a Linux newbie? I would think if I got 16 P2 PCs at 250 MHz and 64 MB of RAM going, that would be a ton of computer power! 250 MHz times 16 gives you 4 GHz! For RAM I might use the clusterr as a web server to handle the digg effect if I could get fast enough Internet or just to play around with.
I know I have the space. The heat build up is a whole different issue though.
Can anyone tell me how hard Linux clusters are to set up and use? Will all Linux apps work with Linux Clusters or do they have to be specially coded? If so, what apps will work out of the box?
