Combining Processors For More Processing Power

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Folks:


I have 5 windows computers. Each processor is about 3.0 MHz. I can choose to
install either XP or Server 2003 on these machines.
I would like to arrange/connect these machines in some sort of network so
that I have a total of 15Mhz avalable for any application
that I choose to run.

* Is this sort of thing even possible ?
* Is this goal related to the concepts of computer clustering or grid
computing ?
* If possible, what type of hardware/software do I need to make this
"supercomputer" ?

Appreciate any references showing how processors can be combined to increase
processing power.



Thanks,
Jo.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Folks:


I have 5 windows computers. Each processor is about 3.0 MHz. I can choose
to
install either XP or Server 2003 on these machines.
I would like to arrange/connect these machines in some sort of network so
that I have a total of 15Mhz avalable for any application
that I choose to run.

* Is this sort of thing even possible ?
* Is this goal related to the concepts of computer clustering or grid
computing ?
* If possible, what type of hardware/software do I need to make this
"supercomputer" ?

Appreciate any references showing how processors can be combined to
increase
processing power.



Thanks,
Jo.

Google for "distributed computing" - and go easy on the crossposting! This
question isn't really relevant to servers, SBS, clustering, or windows 2000
newsgroups.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_computing may be of some use. As to
whether you can make this work for you - can't say.

 

[Ryan Sokolowski [MVP]]

You may be referring to Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003, which is
different than the focus of this newsgroup.

More here:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/ccs/overview.mspx


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Ryan Sokolowski
MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
MCSE, CCNA, CCDA, BCFP


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