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Big BLU Super Computer



The big question is, would you be doing anything worth the extra cost
of power/space to build a cluster?  What would you run on it, what
value would you get from it?

-miah

On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 12:02:08PM -0400, David Kramer wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 markw at mohawksoft.com wrote:
> 
> > Does BLU have any sort of permenant system running anyware?  Do you guys
> > have an office or anything?
> > 
> > The reason I was wondering is that, I bet we all have some spare computers
> > and stuff lying around, wouldn't it be cool if we could construct
> > something like "Big BLU,"  the BLU beowulf cluster. I bet that would be a
> > fun project. (Think about the "stone soup" super computer.)
> > 
> > I've got a couple industrial grade 100MB switches, a spool of CAT5,
> > connectors, crimpers, some computers, and a LOT of spare parts.
> > 
> > Is anyone interrested?
> 
> Sounds like a very cool idea, but I'm not sure we could do it.  We have 
> some colo space at a data center.  I'm not sure how much rackspace we have 
> right now.  Jerry?
>  
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