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On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 06:16:32 +0000 Terry Hill wrote: > > Hi, I just recently aquired board and processor. Also I'm in the > > middle of putting my new machine together in my new place. > > Can anyone tell me the easiest way of clustering these boards > > together please? > > I have Googled but the results were a bit contradictory. Ofetn the > > information was about someone building a monster machine where they > > go into the water cooling in more depth than the dual motherboard > > set up. Also I have a nice Sun server that I've been meaning to > > make use of for ages. Would it be possible to make a dual PC using > > one server board and one desktop?... > > Hi Jon, > > I'm not 100% sure if I'm reading you right here, it's also 5:49am as I > type and I'm coming to the end of a shift here so forgive me if I get > the wrong end of the stick and proceed to beat myself over the head > with it. > > If you are talking about two motherboards and respective "stuff" in > one box sharing RAM, hard disk and operating system, this just isnt > possible really. The physical connectivity alone wont be there. > Motherboards are generally designed with the idea of plugging in the > stuff needed to run one instance of an operating system with a fixed > set of internal resources. The closest you could get is somehow to > put the two motherboards inside a single box with thier own individual > operating systems housed on thier own boot devices, and then share the > resourses back and forth using a method of viewing both desktops (such > as a switch to swap which motherboard is connected to the screen or a > VNC variant). > > Clustering is usually more than one computer (however they are housed) > connected together via a network of some sort with one of the > computers used to distribute chunks of a workload to the slave > devices. They "do" the work and then send back results and ask if > there are any more chunks ad infinitum. > > I have seen a few examples where these clustered devices have been > built into a single unit - take many modern "blade" styled servers for > instance. I've also seen a couple of natty home made boxes containing > more than one computer (motherboards and all). > > Chances are though, you'll be mixing and matching what you have. > Perhaps settle for a couple of boxes and a single screen connected > with a keyboard/mouse/video switch? > > Hope this helps, > > Tel. > I have seen "motherboards" that sit on a PCI or ISA card (and hence draw their power from the PCI or ISA slot). They're pretty minimal systems, but come with network sockets on the back plate. These could be used to build a small cluster that actually resides within another computer. Grant -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html