Re: [Condor-users] Condor on Xbox??

["Chris Miles" <chrismiles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You can build a Mini ITX cluster probably just as cheap.

You can build a bare bones Mini ITX machine for about £100 ($150) each
and get a lot more performance out it.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <gregg.cooke@xxxxxxx>
To: <Condor-users@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 10:24 PM
Subject: [Condor-users] Condor on Xbox??


> Has anyone ever tried to run Condor on a Linux-powered Xbox?
>
> I noticed that the going price for an old Xbox on eBay is $40...for the
> price of a cheap server ($2000) I could create a 50-node Xbox grid....
>
> Xbox has some limitations though, mainly memory.  But
> http://www.xbox-linux.org/ has some useful suggestions for extending the
> Xbox without running afoul of the DMCA.
>
> -Gregg
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