CPU sharing over LAN.

dragos240 · 06-10-2010, 06:37 AM

Can I "share" CPU power with another computer over lan. I have a few old computers, Pentium 4 computers, just sitting there gathering dust. Distcc works great, but it's only for compiling. Is there a daemon that can harvest all the CPU of another computer, much like distcc, but for everyday things?

ctkroeker · 06-10-2010, 08:13 AM

What are you trying to achieve? You could try creating a cluster with Beowulf, MPICH2 or PVM...

dragos240 · 06-10-2010, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by ctkroeker

What are you trying to achieve? You could try creating a cluster with Beowulf, MPICH2 or PVM...

I do lots of compiling and processing, It's nice to have lots of processing power on your hands. This is what I'm trying to achieve.

alunduil · 06-10-2010, 08:25 AM

Unfortunately, there isn't an easy way to get this to magically happen. The current technology requires that you create a system that distributes the execution of your programs across the the CPUs in question. I also would recommend a beowulf with MPI.

Regards,

Alunduil

dragos240 · 06-10-2010, 08:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alunduil

Unfortunately, there isn't an easy way to get this to magically happen. The current technology requires that you create a system that distributes the execution of your programs across the the CPUs in question. I also would recommend a beowulf with MPI.

Regards,

Alunduil

Any good tutorials on this?

ilikejam · 06-10-2010, 08:33 AM

For compiling, take a look at distcc:
http://distcc.samba.org/

Dave

dragos240 · 06-10-2010, 08:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ilikejam

For compiling, take a look at distcc:
http://distcc.samba.org/

Dave

As my OP said, I know about distcc, works fine for compiling, but not for other things.