[olug] $27 IBM thin clients (model#8361-110)

[Ken]

Brian Wiese wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 19:48:04 -0600
> Ken <emptymm at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> |Ken wrote:
> |
> |> It would be a cheap way to start experimenting with bewoulf clusters :)
> |
> |Sorry, I'll need to read closer next time... *diskless* terminal.. 
> |Without access to the local storage then it's a whole new ballgame.  I'd 
> |guess it's just an X-client.
> |-Ken
> 
> If it has a CPU, RAM, and NIC, it can be part of a cluster... local
> storage is not really required.  The best thing I've seen for this
> (perhaps the easiest?) is to bootup your master server with
> clusterknoppix, and you have all these lovely thin clients ready to boot
> off the network and join the cluster!!! muahahahah... ?

hmmm.. "prepare for assimilation".

> 
> http://bofh.be/clusterknoppix/
> "No cdrom drive/harddisk/floppy needed for the clients
> openMosix autodiscovery - new nodes automatically join the cluster (no
> configuration needed)"
> 
> the K12LTSP + OpenMOSIX howto says the clients need floppy?
> http://www.k12os.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=14
> http://openmosix.sourceforge.net/ltsp-omr4-1.html
> 
> something else I found, diskless oscar clusters
> http://thin-oscar.ccs.usherbrooke.ca/?t[]=tt.1&mod=Page.Display
> 
> 

Cool stuff..  So at 16MB of memory a piece it would only take $864 plus 
shipping to build a _massive_ 512MB cluster..

Would still be fun to play with though.