Linux Terminal Server Essay

[Matthew Frederico]

Yes it is possible.  If you create a hybrid OpenMosix / LTSP disk, you
can have the unused CPU cycles go towards the OpenMosix cluster.

The more computers you have, your computational power goes up
exponentially with each machine.  So on a cluster of 300 486's you would
get some serious bang.  People don't buy supercomputers any more, they
buy SUPER clusters.

-- Matt 

On Fri, 2003-04-04 at 13:44, Mike wrote:
> I hadn't even thought of that! Is it possible, or do you know? I am
> going to have to find the email of a techie who knows. If there was a
> terminal server hooked to say a fractical T1, all terminals connected
> could access the internet, right?
> 
> I don't think that the unused terminals would have much power though, as
> if I were to get it tried on this campus, only the computers that had
> been determined too pathetic for anything else would be used (except for
> the server). I am only trying to get the theory straight now.
> 
> THanks for the help,
> MIKE
> 
> On Fri, 2003-04-04 at 16:21, Matthew Frederico wrote:
> > What about the feasability of using the "un-used" terminals' processing
> > power?  I know ratios come in to play .. But you could create a dynamic
> > cluster?
-- 
Matthew Frederico <matt at ultrize.com>