[NTLUG:Discuss] re: Transport tools - opinions

[Greg Edwards]

Kyle Davenport wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
>       Well, your GOutlaw plan does sound interesting - a very big R&D
> project, and who knows yet where the bottleneck will be.  (Altho I sure
> don't see why an authentication process would need to be distributed)
> 
>       Sorry about your troubles with the A7N8X.  Others don't seem to be
> having problems:
> http://attila.stevens-tech.edu/~dkopko/a7n8x.txt
> http://home.t-online.de/home/Johannes.Deisenhofer/nforce2linux.html
> 
>       I just realized that both A7N8X mb's are the "SPP" versions and not
> the "IGP" versions with integrated graphics.  My goal with the cluster is
> to avoid a server farm (bunch-o'-boxes), and to be able to stack
> fully-functional mb's as nodes closely together, _without_ paying for rack
> prices.  The MSI K7N2G-ILSR for instance is only $131 (newegg.com).
> Another is Leadtek Winfast K7NCR18G-Pro for $125.  Altho only 1 nic, you
> can use ethernet over firewire too.   A decent integrated graphics chip
> means I could conceivably drive a MASS display.  Oh well, dream on...
> 
> Kyle
> 

The auth example was just used as a simple example.  The bottleneck I'm 
planning for is simply a volume issue.  How to handle 500 simultaneous 
requests to scan an area for other ships for example.  This would not be 
an issue of DB access but would be an issue of processor resources. 
Being able to distribute the load across maybe 5 servers would greatly 
improve the overall response time.

I did find the dkopko How-Too and plan on trying it.  However I've found 
some discussion board references to the rev 1.04 board being pulled by 
ASUS.  Just my luck the 2 boards I've got are rev 1.04 ;(  More 
searching will be necessary.  So much for using cutting edge with Linux ;(

-- 
Greg Edwards
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