At 05:21 PM 11/9/2007, Jeffrey B. Layton wrote:
Jim Lux wrote:
At 01:03 PM 11/8/2007, andrew holway wrote:
Im still not convinced, bang for buck your going to get more
clustering this junk than buying commodity hardware. Benchmarks at the
ready.
Andy
No question there..
However, if you want a low capital investment toy cluster to learn
on, the $200 node is quite attractive.
OK, I'm coming out of the closet and admitting that I was seriously
looking at these low-power motherboards with the VIA C7-D
(links from www.thinkgos.com) "Hi, I'm Jeff and I'm a Cluster-Holic"
My thought was to get a reasonably large ATX case with a good
power supply and cram 4 of this little motherboards into the case.
oooooh... I've done this kind of thing. You'll spend some time
figuring out how to power multiple mobos with one PS. For one thing,
you'll have to scrounge up the correct connectors and deal with any
of the feedback lines from mobo to ps (like standby/on, remote
voltage sense, etc.)
Pretty soon, you've spent more in connectors, wire, solder, shrink
tubing, etc., than just buying more power supplies.. not to mention
your time, which could be profitably spent doing more useful things
like drinking beer.
Having 4 of these systems with an Intel GigE NIC inside a case
with a couple of 120mm fans kind of interested me. You make one
of the boards the head node and connect some hard drives and CD
to it along with using the on-board 10/100 for external connections.
I was also going to put a 5-port GigE switch in the case also.
Look at the big totes/toolboxes. Even has a handy carrying case.
Jim
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