3 Computers in One Case 67
Sam Rowe writes "Siamese
Systems have a case that will hold three machines and
their website features Tux. they also have an 8 machine
case. " they don't have prices, but they do look kinda
nifty. I think I'd just rather get a big rack. Throw out
my refrigerator and keep it in the kitchen.
What vaporware? (Score:1)
Don't worry about tossing the fridge... (Score:1)
"But J! What about my 3 cases of beer and my jar of pickles?" Not to worry my friend...that's what block ice and the bathtub is for.
Wonder what took so long. (Score:1)
I think I read on their web site that there is a built-in switch for video, keyboard, and mouse.
Tux, is it for real (Score:1)
Tux was all over the place.. and some sexy alphas. Seems they're obviously tryin to market it at all of the multiple os users out there. (probably most slashdot readers)
Ummm... NeXT Cube? (Score:1)
The best use I've seen it put to was sticking a high-end NeXT mobo with its high-end graphics system in two slots, and two extra net-booting low-end systems in the other two. Total of four monitors (three monochrome), with one monochrome and the color being used dual-headed.
All from one case, so it would be convenient for, say, sticking the Cube in the middle of a conference table, and then having three people work together. Or you could replace the extra graphics board with a third motherboard, and get a four-person system.
It's also been done with two motherboards with high-end graphics -- good I suppose if the collaborative work is graphics.
I really don't think there's much cooler stuff you can do to a case, with so little hardware work.
Seems Stupid (Score:1)
What's up with the renderings anyway? I'll believe it when I see sheetmetal.
Don't worry about tossing the fridge... (Score:1)
What's the point? (Score:1)
I can see a possable need for a couple diffrent systems, two maybe, but right now I have 4 computers running at home, and I run Linux on all four, but one dual boots into NT. I haven't found a need to have more than Linux and NT.
If it's for power, I think a dual or just a more powerfull workstation (SUN, SGI, etc..) would be best. If it's just to do, why not get a few boxes and a monitor/keyboard switch (probably cheaper). Personally, I would perfer to have seperate systems, side by side, so each have thier own keyboard/mouse, and you can work on them side by side.
The only possable thing I can think of that this might be good for is saving some desktop/workarea space. But if you need 3 or more systems, odds are you should have planned the space for them in the first place.
I am also wondering, at what price? If it's more than three seperate systems, I would rather have them seperate anyway to reboot or maintain on them one at a time, while leaving the other ones running.
There are a lot of "one box beowulf clusters" posts and junk here, just filling up space. I would like to read someone actually talk about a potential use for this thing, because I just don't understand it.
Freon cooling (Score:1)
I was just thinking about using a car's A/C system instead. You might get the parts in a junkyard quite easily.
^D
Case? (Score:1)
Dan
Very cool indeed. (Score:1)
Posted by the Proteus
Beowulf Cluster - Do It Yourself (Score:1)
Actually, we are working on the possibility of building our own, to hold 16 motherboards. Also possibly splicing the wires on the power supplys to run 2 nodes off of each power supply. We blew the circuit breaker 3 times at our school science fair!
*Shameless Self Promotion*
Bookmark http://amc.faceprint.com [faceprint.com] and read it tomorrow afternoon (the cluster in in my team-mate's car, waiting to be transported back to it's T1 line)
*End Shameless Self Promotion*
SPARCplug (Score:1)
http://www.iws-online.com/ross.html [iws-online.com]
Sadly, I believe Ross have now gone out of business (however, this means that you should be able to pick up a SPARCplug pretty cheaply :-)
Rumours are that someone (Stellar Performance?) is selling clusters of these in a beowulf-like system.
Freezer! (Score:1)
I'd stick a dual OC'd Celeron in the Freezer
width of a desktop, height of a tower. (Score:1)
Funny, That roughly adds up to three mid-tower cases side-by side. The latter is probably cheaper too.
It seems like the worst of both worlds. Unless it comes with a built-in keyboard tray and monitor pedestal.
I would personally like to see a case with the drive bays and the expansion slots both in front. I'm sure it would be too expensive to bother with though.
OpenBSD, Wires (Score:1)
You don't need multiple IPs
OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and probably NetBSD all do network address translation through use of the 'natd' daemon. I have not used it as my linux IP-MASQ works and I did have the time to mess with it.
For OpenBSD atleast you do not have to recompile the kernel for NAT, firewall, and gateway type support. The GENERIC kernel has all that you need. A good incentive to switch over is the size of the OpenBSD kernel seems to be about half that of the linux kernel. It also seems to run faster on my 386dx25 8MB ram then a modern linux kernel. This is an important consideration for small, slow machines.
I like the idea of a multiple cpu case like this. I would like to put my server and firewall into one box. This looks like a less expensive solution then rack mounts for small numbers of cpus.
/. on a pipe or router? (Score:1)
Wonder what took so long. (Score:1)
TVNC? (Score:1)
One other thing what's up with all the renderings of the cases? why no pictures? REAL pictures I mean.
Wires (Score:1)
Keep the fridge! (Score:1)
I have a 19" rack that fits perfectly (sideways) in my closet, with three computers, and plenty of room for more. Plenty of cable room at the back, and plenty of room to slide cases in and out (just make sure you get a rack without sides).
The best part? The rack itself was free! (though the cases were $$$) I simply asked around to some of my dad's ham-radio buddies and sure enough, one of them had a very nice rack collecting dust.
Anyone out there have a used rackmount case? Email me!
Dream
Tux, is it for real (Score:1)
- MbM
Wires (Score:1)
Case? (Score:1)
--oink
The 'fridge is discussed at CNN (Score:1)
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
Ackkk, stupid slashdot effect (Score:1)
Anyway, related to the cases, having a rack would be cooler. It looks much more threatening.
I'll give you mine! (Score:1)
and a Texas Micro AT 19" rack case (it'll only mount 3 drives in it so floppy,cd,and hdd is it) that will hold a baby at board (ATX will never ever fit) and some funky panels that have lots of blinkey lights and meters.. I'll trade ya for something you might have lying around
I'm trying to get rid of my ISP business (Ok I got rid of it but I still have this 19 inch rack looking at me! at least I sold the 28.8 modem pool!)
Not really original (Score:1)
Ether backbone (Score:1)
of 100 better with something like Myrinet unstead
of Gigabit Ether for about the same money.
Refrigerator? (Score:1)
Re: What's with the vaporware?/.NOT (Score:1)
jargon.txt definition [tuxedo.org]
The joys of Freon(TM) (Score:1)
Then, slap in a few mutli-processor MOBOs, a couple GBs of RAM, a few TBs of disk, and you got yourself one kickass Q3 and/or Linux server, or a mediocre NT server.
Refrigerator? (Score:1)
Don't use a fridge, use a freezer. :-) (Score:1)
Doesn't really matter. (Score:1)
Refrigerator? (Score:1)
Oh Yeah!.. That thing I used last year when my microwave died..
As an aside, a couple of years ago, my roomates and I moved our computers into the kitchen (not like we really needed a kitchen table). It was the ultimate in geek convience. You could scoot the chair between the computers, the microwave, and the fridge without breaking a sweat..
Wires (Score:1)
The easy way is to just use route and set the BSD box to be the gateway for the Linux machine. This will only work if you can register your Linux box for a separate IP though. To do this with only one IP address you'll need to do IP Masquerading. I don't know if OpenBSD does ip-masq or not. Linux does!
-sunking
Wires (Score:1)
It does, but the non-linux world calls it NAT (Network Address Translation). Both fbsd and obsd have NAT capabilities, although I'm not sure how well it works as I haven't tried it yet. You can even get NAT for 95 and MacOS.
Refrigerator? (Score:1)
It was a joke... (Score:1)
Wires (Score:1)
Throw out the fridge?! (Score:1)
Try the Oven (Score:1)
Sweet! (Score:1)
Lotek---
Sweet! (Score:1)
Since becoming a Professional Web Designer(tm) I immediately stopped updating my crappy website.
That was two years ago.
No Pay, No Play. heh
Lotek---
TVNC? (Score:1)
The joys of Freon(TM) (Score:1)
Tux, is it for real (Score:1)
So, the question is...was Tux there to draw us Linux lovers in?? because I founmd nothing on Linux there...but I gave up quickly...what did y`all find?
Re: What's with the vaporware?/.NOT (Score:1)
I can't see it. The only thing that I see is that this is the second time that
That's what's called vaporware. I thought.
Breace.
What's with the vaporware? (Score:1)
Breace.
Refridgerator as a case for Overclockers (Score:1)
Freon cooling (Score:1)
what.. no photos? (Score:1)
Refrigerator? (Score:1)
Ahhh.. the woes of a geek.