Is there any way to connect a bunch of different CPU's together, and harness all their processor/RAM/HD resources together into one big super computer? FOr example...Buying 10 mac mini's stacking them up, and adding together all their power into one super computer?
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i doubt it
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There are programs that support multinode functions (rendering, calculation, etc).... It they can be extremely powerful over gigabit ethernet.... But I don't know of any way to spread the load of the entire OS across muliple nodes.
It doesn't have to be spread evenly...I know about the rendering/calculation multinode stuff from video editing experience...but what I would liek to do it stack up a few mini's and when the ram on the first runs out it goes to the 2nd, when the 2nd runs out it goes to the 3rd, and the same for cpu power...when all the power is used on the first...it goes to the 2nd...basically as much as is needed...also...something that could work for [email protected]e it can harness all the CPU's and be one powerful folding machine...
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im so going to do this
can i do it with my ibook and my daddys g5?
can i do it with my ibook and my daddys g5?
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i would have thought so.
also wouldnt supprise me if the host machine needs 10.4 server either i mean how many home users would really use that feature?
also wouldnt supprise me if the host machine needs 10.4 server either i mean how many home users would really use that feature?
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I'm also pretty sure that Xgrid is task specific, i.e. you can tell final cut pro 5 to render a movie on all connected machines, or run a specific simulation on multiple machines, but that's it.
You can't run iTunes, Unreal Tournament 2004, Halo and Garageband simultaneously on one account just because you have 6 mac minis hooked up together.
I think the problem is that the network connection is too slow for most tasks: Even at Gigabit ethernet speeds, you're still losing time transferring information from one proc to another and back again over ethernet, making the whole idea moot.
It's different when you send over large chunks of information for long, hard processing a la Final Cut or Folding@home.
You can't run iTunes, Unreal Tournament 2004, Halo and Garageband simultaneously on one account just because you have 6 mac minis hooked up together.
I think the problem is that the network connection is too slow for most tasks: Even at Gigabit ethernet speeds, you're still losing time transferring information from one proc to another and back again over ethernet, making the whole idea moot.
It's different when you send over large chunks of information for long, hard processing a la Final Cut or Folding@home.
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