homemade supercomputer.

[the mitch]

what do you have do do to connect a bunch of mobo together inorder to make a fster computer. i just saw an ebay auction for 10 p2 and 10 mobos. the mobo are M21 94V-0.

[mazdarx7-64]

It is called clustering.

[the mitch]

and that is done how?

[justinw]

Thats a good question. I want to know too.

[the mitch]

seeing in my other posts, the pc that i screwed up the bios in, it has driven me to make a new compputer. just want to use a bunch of p2 and p3 though. they are soo cheep

[mazdarx7-64]

you need a cluster OS, such as ROCKs linux or something like that. There are also cluster programs available. Small hard drives for each PC, you can do a network boot if the PC will boot from the network, or boot from a thumb drive if the mother board will boot from a USB device. A switch with enough ports to plug up all the PCs to. 1 PC to act as the "master station", this is the only PC that needs a monitor, keyboard, and mouse after everything is setup. And a good bit of time to set it all up.

EDIT: here you go
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_cluster

[pphalan]

http://stonesoup.esd.ornl.gov/
The Stone SouperComputer - ORNL's First Beowulf-Style Parallel Computer
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/doc...ulf-HOWTO.html
The Beowulf HOWTO
http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/Beowulf...ook/index.html
Engineering a Beowulf-style Compute Cluster
http://www.beowulf.org/
Beowulf.org: The Beowulf Cluster Site

[eskiled]

spend some time at clusterknopix's website. it may be helpful to you.

[vikeor]

y do u wanna cluster them? theres really no point...

[mazdarx7-64]

y do u wanna cluster them? theres really no point...

That is true, it is not like you can run games, or anything like that on a cluster. Clusters are mostly for number curnching, and research type things. You could always run FaD on it

[the mitch]

exactly. i have the folding at home on it and i want to keep it up.

[pphalan]

Ive gots me links about clusters you wont believe.................Just maybe think beyond a calculator.

[GroundZero3]

http://bofh.be/clusterknoppix/

just food for thought

[pphalan]

y do u wanna cluster them? theres really no point...

HEY VK, U B PISSING ME OFF, you always have time to correctly transfer ideas...UM language.....It be called language..............." Clusters have a point" ..............LEARN REAL MATH.........Vikeor, my friend I dont know whats going on at your end, but us simple yankees that like you deserve...a plain language

[rabidaardvark]

HEY VK, U B PISSING ME OFF, you always have time to correctly transfer ideas...UM language.....It be called language..............." Clusters have a point" ..............LEARN REAL MATH.........Vikeor, my friend I dont know whats going on at your end, but us simple yankees that like you deserve...a plain language

Ouch.

But anyway the point of a cluster to us ordinary folk hmm. Same as the the point of SLI or overclocking an FX-55. Cause it's fun and one day one day some beautiful woman is going to look at it and say, "OMG is that a beowulf cluster, sleep with me!"

[SoloCamo]

Ouch.

But anyway the point of a cluster to us ordinary folk hmm. Same as the the point of SLI or overclocking an FX-55. Cause it's fun and one day one day some beautiful woman is going to look at it and say, "OMG is that a beowulf cluster, sleep with me!"

thats is a very hopeful dream rabid

[pphalan]

Clusters can be a neat idea, Try to solve PI.................just a silly example, stress loads for a 24 story building, considering a whole planaply of factors, in an earthquake zone. Then get results inside the same decade......................USNavy, flow patterns on a new sub design...considering all temps, crosss flows. Ah but thats simple, analize every shape or form of a propeller...opps back to water density and temps again. DEMIT...math can be a bitch, whole reason some dumb bastard designed a "computer" in the first place.

[pphalan]

Ouch.

But anyway the point of a cluster to us ordinary folk hmm. Same as the the point of SLI or overclocking an FX-55. Cause it's fun and one day one day some beautiful woman is going to look at it and say, "OMG is that a beowulf cluster, sleep with me!"

Vikeor, in my opinion is a better young man than I was, falling into gutteral expression is a cop out. Hes smartter than that.

[vikeor]

Vikeor, in my opinion is a better young man than I was, falling into gutteral expression is a cop out. Hes smartter than that.

im very smart... i just tend to hide it

[pphalan]

im very smart... i just tend to hide it

I am a 50 year old dude, I have 2 degrees in electrical engineering. Its my love, to my own regret I have a bad"very bad" way of expressing my ideas. I was a soldier also, first and foremost.............anyway Vikeor, you are a lot smarter than I was at the same age. Speaky English, sometimes its worth a 100 tons to be known as a good man than to pretend to be a general idiot.