There was a discussion about putting together a cluster for the group about a year ago. some hardware was even collected I think but it sort of fizzled out. Aaron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leo J Mauler" To: Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 11:16 PM Subject: Re: Linux Sysadmin Job @ Google > > On 23 Dec 2003 21:52:03 -0600 david nicol > writes: > > > 2+ years running large production systems > > > (more than 500 servers). > > > > more than 500 servers in a linux cluster. I had > > talked about getting all spare lab boxes at UMKC > > into a process migration system, but never did it. > > Should I apply? Move to Dublin? > > Been thinking, ever since I understood the concept of "clustering", about > doing a practice basement cluster on a bunch of 486 and old Pentium I > systems (especially since getting more of them would be dirt cheap). > > Yes, I know that clustering low-end machines would be rather like running > a single 1GHz machine spread out over 501 machines, but at least I could > say that I had managed a cluster of "more than 500 machines". Don't know > if I could afford the electricity bill (though I could probably turn off > the gas heat in the winter...). > > ________________________________________________________________ > The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! > Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! > Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! > > > > >