> Mark Hahn wrote: > > > > btw does that 'boot over network means i need a 16 node hub for 100 mbit and connect all the machines besides the quadrics network also to 100 mbit?
> >sure, you need some sort of ethernet. doesn't have to be a 16pt switch(please don't say that you actually have a hub!) > Heh, heh, heh.. > I have a box of Artisoft 2Mbps NICs out in the garage. > Or, maybe, some of those NE1000 coax adapters. I have lots of old > coax, a bag full of connectors, a crimper, and I'm not afraid to use > them. > > Hey, it's only to boot. assuming that you boot up to 4 at a time... for power distribution and that, how much does booting over the network require... if your ram disk or local storage is 128MB, over a 2Mbps connect, i make it 8 mins, nearer 9 to load which is... urm slow. again this for a 100Mbps hub you would get 10.24 seconds per node. so assuming that you dont have any more than one node failing every 11 seconds.. a 100Mbps hub would do adequately. -- matt jones, this e-mail has been virus scanned, sent from a workstation called: matts, IP address: 10.64.63.17, Subnet Mask: 255.255.192.1 _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
