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-