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- From: xm9@sdcc12.ucsd.edu (richard g. adair)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
- Subject: Re: clusters, etc.
- Summary: topless HPs
- Keywords: servers
- Message-ID: <43325@sdcc12.ucsd.edu>
- Date: 11 Jan 93 15:57:56 GMT
- References: <28266@dog.ee.lbl.gov>
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- Organization: Arete Associates, San Diego
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- In article <28266@dog.ee.lbl.gov> mario@cad4.lbl.gov (mario aranha) writes:
- >
- >I've been experimenting with a 705 cluster server
- >with the clients being more powerful 710s, 730s, etc.
- >The reasoning is that the server needs little CPU and
- >graphics and is in a public area so why waste a better
- >machine. The b&w screen also discourages "squatters" from
- >starting X-windows on the display. This has been
-
- I sure wish HP would offer the 700 series machines with the option
- to delete the graphics top. A 705 without the expense of a monitor
- would make a wonderful PC network server. The only servers that HP
- offers are high-end machines that cost too much for small PC
- applications. Also, a 5x735 cluster with only one graphics top would
- make a killer environment for those of us who could use 5 735s at a
- time but can't afford all the graphics tops...
-
- Tony Burzio
- Arete Associates
- San Diego, CA
-