Re: Sharing resources
From: Steven Hull (shull40_at_cox.net)
Date: 07/18/04
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Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 19:10:58 -0500
Heh, OSX "Tiger" for Apple has this, its called XGRID. Panther has it as an
add-on I believe. Works for just about anything you script it for.
Also, check with the Application you are using to see if it supports
multi-threading. There are not many apps at all that support it.
"tbrox" <tbrox@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I'm pretty sure this is called clustering and I don't know if it is
practical for what your doing. You might want to search for info on
clustering multiple computers together. If clustering is done via network I
don't think it will work verygood over a wireless connection.
>
> If your new computers are running the 800MHz system bus and your runng
WinXP you should be running Hyper Threading which is like using 2 CPU's in
one computer.
>
> Check your system information in the system tools folder. It will list 2
CPU's.
>
> You might need faster hard drives to increase your rendering speed. You
could try SATA RAID 0 for ultra fast.
> --
> Tbrox
>
>
> "Sid" wrote:
>
> > Hi, I am wondering if anyone can help me determine if it
> > is possible for one of my desktops at home to make use of
> > another desktop at home's resources. I am running XP Pro
> > on everything; have rebuilt the two desktops to include a
> > new Pentium 4 processor and new motherboard; have a
> > wireless home network and everything is working fine -
> > the machines work great. However, we do a lot of digital
> > images and rendering those images takes hours and hours.
> > I know if I had a dual processor it would make a
> > difference, so I thought maybe I could share resources.
> > Am I correct to think this way? And if so, how do I do
> > it? I know hackers can do it, so why not me?
> >
> > Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > SM
> >
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