Linux Sysadmin Job @ Google

[Aaron]

There was a discussion about putting together a cluster for the group about
a year ago.  some hardware was even collected I think but it sort of fizzled
out.

Aaron

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leo J Mauler" <webgiant at juno.com>
To: <kclug at kclug.org>
Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 11:16 PM
Subject: Re: Linux Sysadmin Job @ Google

>
> On 23 Dec 2003 21:52:03 -0600 david nicol <whatever at davidnicol.com>
> writes:
> > > 2+ years running large production systems
> > > (more than 500 servers).
> >
> > more than 500 servers in a linux cluster.  I had
> > talked about getting all spare lab boxes at UMKC
> > into a process migration system, but never did it.
> > Should I apply?  Move to Dublin?
>
> Been thinking, ever since I understood the concept of "clustering", about
> doing a practice basement cluster on a bunch of 486 and old Pentium I
> systems (especially since getting more of them would be dirt cheap).
>
> Yes, I know that clustering low-end machines would be rather like running
> a single 1GHz machine spread out over 501 machines, but at least I could
> say that I had managed a cluster of "more than 500 machines".  Don't know
> if I could afford the electricity bill (though I could probably turn off
> the gas heat in the winter...).
>
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