Author: Michel Chassey
Date: 20:01:51 11/09/99
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Hello, Had to put in my 2 cents : ... separate computers networked ... via internet ? :) Michel Chassey ************** On November 09, 1999 at 17:28:56, Dann Corbit wrote: >On November 09, 1999 at 17:07:01, Pete Galati wrote: >[snip] >>Sounds like it makes more sense, I'm assuming that you'd have a separate >>proccessor organizing organizing the 3 threads mentioned. When you say "message >>passing machines and other non SMP architectures" this is terms unclear to me, >>but how I interpret that is that you'd have completely separate computers >>networked together. >Works for lots of things. Many multiple CPU machines do not have SMP. For a >design like I propose, that is fine because the work units are separable and >somewhat independent. > >>There was an atricle in Linux Journal many months ago about somebody who had a >>large amount of PC tower computers somehow networked together to use as a >>substitute for a mainframe monster, it was said to be more economical, but it >>looked like a nightmare to me. I don't remember any details, it was all over my >>head. >Probably Beowulf
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