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[Gc-linux-devel] Gamecube cluster?

[Jesse K. <j.k...@ti...>]

Hi all,

I was just wondering: Would be worth the effort to build a cluster of
gamecubes (just as they did with the ps2) and then let it run a
something like the distributed.net project? How good is the gc at these
kinds of calculations? And if not distributed.net, what other project
would be better to run on a gc?

Thanks in advance,

Jesse Krijthe

Re: [Gc-linux-devel] Gamecube cluster?

[Philip L. <ph...@la...>]

Jesse Krijthe wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I was just wondering: Would be worth the effort to build a cluster of
> gamecubes (just as they did with the ps2) and then let it run a
> something like the distributed.net project? How good is the gc at these
> kinds of calculations? And if not distributed.net, what other project
> would be better to run on a gc?

Nothing. Testing dnetc on my cube gives me about half the performance of 
a duron 1800. Its simply too expensive to buy a cube and an ethernet 
adapter.

Also currently the cube only supports 10Mbit and thus you do not want to 
do any clustering that needs shared memory or anything that needs some 
bandwith.


just my 2 cents

kind regards Philip

Re: [Gc-linux-devel] Gamecube cluster?

[Jesse K. <j.k...@ti...>]

On Sun, 2004-06-27 at 14:16, Philip Lawatsch wrote:
> Jesse Krijthe wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I was just wondering: Would be worth the effort to build a cluster of
> > gamecubes (just as they did with the ps2) and then let it run a
> > something like the distributed.net project? How good is the gc at these
> > kinds of calculations? And if not distributed.net, what other project
> > would be better to run on a gc?
> 
> Nothing. Testing dnetc on my cube gives me about half the performance of 
> a duron 1800. Its simply too expensive to buy a cube and an ethernet 
> adapter.
> 
> Also currently the cube only supports 10Mbit and thus you do not want to 
> do any clustering that needs shared memory or anything that needs some 
> bandwith.
> 
> 
> just my 2 cents
> 
> kind regards Philip
> 
> 

Another thing which sould be taken into account is how much power it
uses: gc uses 12Vx3.5A= 42 W while a duron system will probably uses
more. If you are correct about the 50% compared to the duron on d.net,
then I too believe it will be too expensive because a gc (100 or perhaps
60 euro) bba (55 euro) and memorycard (10 euro) x2 = 330 euro is
probably more expensive then a duron or athlon or whatever x86 system.

Jesse Krijthe
j.k...@ti...

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Re: [Gc-linux-devel] Gamecube cluster?

[Philip L. <ph...@la...>]

Jesse Krijthe wrote:

> 
> Another thing which sould be taken into account is how much power it
> uses: gc uses 12Vx3.5A= 42 W while a duron system will probably uses
> more. If you are correct about the 50% compared to the duron on d.net,
> then I too believe it will be too expensive because a gc (100 or perhaps
> 60 euro) bba (55 euro) and memorycard (10 euro) x2 = 330 euro is
> probably more expensive then a duron or athlon or whatever x86 system.

Dnet is actually one of the better "cluster" application for the cube. 
Everything else will probably want to have way more memory than the 
cubes 40 megs and especially more bandwith than the 10 mbit available.
So, I doubt that a gamecube cluster will pay off, unless you consider 
the geek factor :)


kind regards -ph-

Re: [Gc-linux-devel] Gamecube cluster?

[Jesse K. <j.k...@ti...>]

I shouldn;t have used the word cluster because what I actually meant was
just a bunch of gamecubes connecting running the d.net client connecting
to one proxy. What about other projects such as seti? Do the need a lot
of memory and bandwith? And would these calculations be easier for the
gc?
 

On Sun, 2004-06-27 at 17:11, Philip Lawatsch wrote:
> Jesse Krijthe wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Another thing which sould be taken into account is how much power it
> > uses: gc uses 12Vx3.5A= 42 W while a duron system will probably uses
> > more. If you are correct about the 50% compared to the duron on d.net,
> > then I too believe it will be too expensive because a gc (100 or perhaps
> > 60 euro) bba (55 euro) and memorycard (10 euro) x2 = 330 euro is
> > probably more expensive then a duron or athlon or whatever x86 system.
> 
> Dnet is actually one of the better "cluster" application for the cube. 
> Everything else will probably want to have way more memory than the 
> cubes 40 megs and especially more bandwith than the 10 mbit available.
> So, I doubt that a gamecube cluster will pay off, unless you consider 
> the geek factor :)
> 
> 
> kind regards -ph-
> 
> 
> 
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