[Gllug] Cheapest possible diskless nodes

[rich at annexia.org]

On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 04:10:11PM +0100, John Hearns wrote:
> > I'm considering buying one or 2 of these tomorrow if i'm feeling
> > upto going into london.  I'm wondering if i could get away
> > with one power supply /2 or more boards?
> > 
> Hmmmm.
> That's part of what I was thinking about - if you just rack up some 
> uncased boards to make a cluster, then the power supplies are pretty
> bulky. I thought of 1U high power supplies, but these would probably 
> be expensive.
> Is it a simple matter to split ATX type PSUs between boards, given the
> power on/off connectors? And do you have a source for the splitter 
> cables?

/me was thinking about getting 3 of these, connecting one to
a 2.5" drive and the making the others diskless servers. Hmm ..
could this be feasible?

Rich.

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