Can OpenBSD be used in a grid computing setup since it doesn't do SMP right now?
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OpenBSD can be used in Grid computing. I guess you know about the Globus Tookit. you can go the following site and you can download the source code of Globus Toolkit and you can build it for OpenBSD. http://www.globus.org/toolkit/downloads/4.0.1/#source \n\nBy seeing your question, i suspect that you haven't understand much about Grid Computing. Grid Computing provides an infrastructure or framework nothing else. You have to write you application to utilize that framework or infrastructure. Then only you can utilize the full power of Grid Computing.\n\nYou can build your own Grid. It is very simple. In a naive way, write socket programming in Java and makesure that it can scale up to any number of computers. That's it you build your own Grid. But standardizatizing any application or library will help to develop our applications easier. Globus Toolkit is one such applicatoin. You can find more about Globus in www.globus.org. If you have any futher doubts reply and i can help you.
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You should have a bootable cdrom somewhere.\n\nHere's the current home of VMS:\n    http://h71000.www7.hp.com/\nIf you can't any support from the specrometer vendor, maybe these guys can help:\n    http://www.openvmshobbyist.com/
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Your question is too vague to properly answer.  However, I can suggest looking at mosix for a distributed system.  Types of sensors and what is the ultimate goal of the project will help me to better answer you.
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Probably nothing that you don't already have. Just about any computer these days can function as a server. What exactly are you trying to do? Please let me know and I'll provide more specific info.
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depends on what you mean by *server* and what you want it to do.  Very few ordinary people will need a server, however if all you want to do is sharing files between two or more computers, you can add a hard drive to one of your computers and "share" which is possible in both Windows and Linux as relatively simple operations.\n\nOne thing to make sure is that you should never turn off the power to your *server* as it would stop serving.   If that troubles you you can buy out-of-the-box "network disks" or "network storage" which are in fact a small computer with a disk drive attached.\n\nFor more complex server configurations such as email servers, or web servers for web pages you are better of trying to establish what your internet service provider is offering.
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yes any PC with a hard drive and an internet connection can host web pages .. It is all a metter of performance.. If you need 10 people to acess your server at once no problem. If you need 10000 people to acess your pages at once , better get a real server.
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Well, first of all you need a server.  The kind of server you need really depends on what you want to do with said server.  In other words, if you want to host simple web pages with little interaction, then you don't need too much power.  However, if you intend to host database applications, multimedia streaming, or mail service, you will need more power.\n\nThere are a lot of things to consider when building a server, but if it's in your house, security should be the first one.  A server (if you are unfamiliar) is just a PC running a Server OS (Windows XP Pro running IIS, or Windows Server 2003).  You can also (if you are comfortable) run a Linux-based server, which will increase security and up-time (these are usually called LAMP - Linux Apache MySQL Perl/PHP).  \n\nYou will also need a high-speed connection, and most importantly a high-speed upload.  You don't HAVE to get a static IP, because there are services which will remedy the dynamic IP issue, but it is definitely recommended.  You would most likely want a synchronous connection like a T1 line or SDSL.  Most DSL or ADSL lines give you a 1.5-3.0 mbps download rate, but only a 128-384 kbps upload rate.  With this type of connection, people accessing your server would experience VERY slow navigation.  Also, keep in mind that your local ISP isn't going to be too happy if your connection is trafficking huge amounts of bandwidth on a daily basis.\n\nTell me what you are thinking of doing, and I'll give you al the advice you could need.  As far as making it your profession, are you talking about maintaining a server on which you would allow other people to host their websites?  The short answer is no, you couldn't do it cheap enough.  You really need a hord of servers and fast connections and thousands of clients.  \n\nHowever, if you are talking about hosting your own webserver in house for your own sites, you could be profitable.  Sometimes, however, it's not worth the headache and easy to find a cheap domain host.
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On an SMP system, Inter Processor Interrupts are used to coordinate with other processors. Is this what you are asking about?
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Sounds like your looking for a continuous availability solution.  It depends on the platform.\nAn "active active" clustered solution may do the trick.  Fundamentally were talking about syncing disk across some geographic area.  EMC offers a solution called SRDF/A that allows you to maintain\nidentical systems.  It's a headache to set up but it works like a charm.\n\nGood Luck.
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We use Citrix (in combination with Wyse thin clients) in order to do that. Not sure if Wyse or Microsoft has build in capabilities for that.
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Try this web site:\n\nhttp://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/building_budget_storage_server/
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Any of the main distros, should be ok if you need some sort of support, try Suse:\n\nhttp://www.novell.com/products/linuxenterpriseserver/
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Or just find a COTS solution, since such systems are already in use.\n\nIs there a question in here, such as what technology platforms might be appropriate?
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Do you HAVE to have a server for this environment? No. Would it be recommended? Possibly, if you want better security for confidential files.
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i am not sure what you are looking for but there are some good software at this link\n\nhttp://www.smps.us/tools.html
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You should increase your RAM, regardless of which distro you get.\n\nThat said, Redhat is the best supported distro out there, so if you are new to Linux, I would highly recommend it.\n\nTo make a Web server, any old Linux distro will do, but I use Mandrake for my *nix box and couldn't be happier with it.
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For a small buisness server you can opt for windows server 2003 or you can get red hat linux .