[SunRescue] Re: New Netra

[Mike Hebel]

>>> >On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 07:52:45PM -0800, Cyrus M. Reed wrote:
>>> >> in there.  That wouldn't be so bad, considering the overall price.
You
>>> >> could make a cool Beowulf cluster out of them too...  (ducks rotten
>>> >> fruit...)
>>> >
>>> >I know you were kidding, but it made me think of something.  I
regularly
>>> >hear comments about building Beowulf clusters, and maybe one of
>>> >these days
>>> >I'll get someone to tell me just what they would do with a one.  So few
>>> >apps can use MPI / PVM / whatever, the uses of one are quite limited.

Oh, I don't know...bug SETI at home/Processtree to produce a multi-processor
version of their software. ;-)

You could build one hell of a streaming MP3 player for your home network if
you could get the between-nodes latency low enough or buffer it properly.

There's probably programs that allow you to use a cluster to do distributed
video rendering.

You might be able to use a cluster for one hell of a load-balancer if I
understand the technology correctly.

The possibilities are endless. ;-)

Mike Hebel

Note:  All information from this person this evening is suspect due to a
low-grade fever, lack of sleep, and miscellaneous non-prescription drugs.
YMMV.