I scrapped all my junk computers together and made the most rag tag beowulf cluster ever in my living room. Mostly as a conversation starter. But now I have to figure out what to have it working on. What's something that will sound really cool?
posted by brenton on Sep 12, 2009 - 10 answers

Does there exist a free cluster/grid, where you get CPU cycles in exchange for providing cycles to the grid? [more inside]
posted by bsdfish on Aug 2, 2009 - 3 answers

How can I set up the virtual server environment I want, using as much open source and as little proprietary software as possible? [more inside]
posted by flabdablet on Dec 20, 2008 - 11 answers

I have a bucket containing N marbles: M white marbles and N-M black marbles. I need to grab a handful of marbles (n) and figure out the probability of having picked up m white marbles. [more inside]
posted by Blazecock Pileon on Nov 6, 2008 - 16 answers

How to cluster when dealing with more than one factor? [more inside]
posted by Blazecock Pileon on Sep 30, 2008 - 8 answers

What clustering technique to use? [more inside]
posted by Blazecock Pileon on Jun 11, 2008 - 6 answers

Network admin / geek question: I'm in the process of building a small cluster of servers for my quickly growing wallpaper website, but I've never charted those waters before. I found a nice article on TorrentFreak about Mininova's server setup, and found it quite intriguing. My question is, are there any other big-ish sites like Mininova that are open about their hardware infrastructure? Googling around yielded few results. I'd be interested to see the setup for a site like Digg, MeFi, or Flickr. Thanks in advance. [more inside]
posted by hmaugans on Feb 16, 2008 - 5 answers

Name our cool computer cluster. [more inside]
posted by bkudria on Oct 30, 2007 - 61 answers

So, I've got myself a web application. LAMP. I need to scale it up. Can I run the php application across multiple machines loaded off a mounted NFS share on another machine? [more inside]
posted by Freen on Mar 30, 2007 - 15 answers

I've got a bunch of HP DC7100 SFF Pentium 4 computers sitting on a table at work, left over from people who have migrated to using laptops as their primary workstations. Any ideas for cool stuff I could do with them? [more inside]
posted by lifeless on Mar 19, 2007 - 12 answers

I need recommendations for affordable database solutions that provide high availability and high performance, preferably in a clustered environment. [more inside]
posted by SNACKeR on Dec 2, 2006 - 6 answers

Mysql5... why won't you accept more connections from a set of IP addresses? [more inside]
posted by ph00dz on Nov 16, 2006 - 12 answers

I am looking toward upgrading my website's hardware. I want reliability and easy expansion. Could migration to a cluster of mac minis be a good solution for a distributed website? [more inside]
posted by viiviiviivii on Aug 25, 2006 - 12 answers

Authoritive DNS behind L4? [more inside]
posted by lundman on Jul 23, 2006 - 9 answers

Is it possible to nest virtual LANs within a larger virtual LAN, which has its uplink to the backbone? [more inside]
posted by Mr. Six on Jun 26, 2006 - 7 answers