Big BLU Super Computer

[jabr at blu.org (John Abreau)]

On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 11:44, 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?

No, we don't have any office space. We've got a server at a co-lo 
facility for our mail and web, in a rack we share with a bunch of 
other user groups, and there's barely enough room left for the 
second BLU server I'm building and the Windows server one of the 
other user groups is working on. 

If there's interest in a project like this, the first two things 
needed are a project leader and a donation of space to build and 
operate the cluster, whether that's at a university, a business, 
or in someone's basement. 

As I recall, two of the folks in our group, Kurt Keville and Kevin 
Gleason, have been working with Beowulf stuff for several years. 
I'd suggest they be involved in some way. Perhaps one of them can 
offer a place to host the project. 

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