[Wylug-help] VIA EPIA 5000 Mini-ITX mainboard

John Hodrien johnh at comp.leeds.ac.uk
Sun, 16 Feb 2003 18:00:56 +0000 (GMT)


On 16 Feb 2003, Philip Wyett wrote:

> Not so long ago I took part in using these boards (VIA EPIA 800 to be
> precise) to build a 16 node Red Hat 7.3 based OSCAR cluster - Poor mans
> super computer :). There were no real show stopper issues that I can
> recall, but the following link was a godsend at the time and may prove
> helpful too you.

What sort of performance do you get out of them?  I know benchmarks are a
twisted subject, so pick your own measure.  What was the cost per node?

jh

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