Gerald Davies wrote: > On 08/03/07, Jim Lux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Has anyone tried using the LinkSys NSLU2 (aka, the "slug") as a >> server in a small demo cluster? >> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSLU2 for more info) >> Seems that people get 5 MB/sec sorts of speeds with NFS or FTP. While >> no ball of fire speed wise, it is an inexpensive widget that might be >> handy for a "toy" cluster to serve as a boot server. >> > > IIRC, this was mentioned in a previous thread somewhere :) I've not > had a play with it, but i agree, it's possibly a useful tool.
Looks like people are seeing speeds of roughly 5MB/s up and 3MB/s down with NFS. FTP is faster. Not great, but we're talking a power envelope of 15W. -- Geoffrey D. Jacobs _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
