Big BLU Super Computer

[david at thekramers.net (David Kramer)]

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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