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Network Testbed Emulab.net

gseidman writes: "Have you ever needed to simulate a network? Tired of old ns? Do you just hate dealing with hardware in general? Take a peek at Utah's Emulab.Net. They have over 300 PCs, some StrongARM devices, roughly 5 miles of cabling, a huge and expensive switch, and great software for setting up a virtual LAN. They also have a gallery showing the machine room in various stages of completion (did I mention five miles of cabling?)."

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  1. "God's" Design Is WAY Cooler! by ekrout · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Every day, humans lose-and replace-200 billion red blood cells. Remarkably, our bodies manufacture 2 million replacement cells in a split second. A single red blood cell will make an incredible journey, traveling 100 miles through a vast network of 60,000 miles of veins, capillaries and arteries.

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    1. Re:"God's" Design Is WAY Cooler! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      How is the parent comment off-topic? If you read the article, you'd see they were bragging about a measly 5 miles of wiring -- which is nothing compared to the human body.

    2. Re:"God's" Design Is WAY Cooler! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I moderated you because it has nothing to do with networks and it is just a stupid attempt at karma collection. It was only after I moderated you I noticed your stupid .sig. Bottom Line: I don't like you, 'kay?

    3. Re:"God's" Design Is WAY Cooler! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Amen brother! Funny how we all marvel at the progress man is making in so many different fields, but how really elementary these steps are when compared to God's handiwork.

      Slash Doter

    4. Re:"God's" Design Is WAY Cooler! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      apples->oranges->offtopic

  2. Re:Simulation is never perfect by sharkey · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    ...chief engineer urinates drunkenly on the packet switcher...

    Yes, but what about urine acidity and volume?

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  3. Five Miles of Cabling by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I had lunch at Taco Via this afternoon. I'll be cutting five miles of cabling tonight for sure.

  4. That day is already here Pal! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Open your eyes, Pops! A couple days back we 'celebrated' the 3rd anniversary of the Halloween memo. In it, M$ clowns essentially lay out their plans for strongarming a proprietary commercial network into place to the detriment of the open free network we enjoy. Got news for you! If the outcome of the antitrust trial and the outright PURCHASE of the W3C are any indication, we are watching ourselves lose control over the networks of America and the world.

  5. Re:Stimulating the /. fags by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    LESSON 13:
    you see, it takes a real genius to figure out how to get their troll read. You could just post early and get modded down or throw in a post between two decently-modereated posts but why take the risk? Just troll off an early modded-up post and all the homos will read it. By the way, by reading this you are admitting that you're a homo.

  6. fp! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    forty first post!

  7. Re:Gonna loose some Karma for this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It never ceases to amaze me that the first ime something's posted it gets modded down as "redundant". Stupid %^*%&^'n moderators.

  8. gasp! by _Mustang · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    the secretary spills a cup of coffee on the router or the chief engineer urinates drunkenly on the packet switcher, you can't tell how your network will perform.

    Damn, but I'm glad I don't do I.T support in your office!

    Of course- if those are common occurances around your neck of the woods, I expect hardware performance problems are the least of your worries..

  9. Re:Cost? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    About as much your ma charges for a good knob job. Come to think of it, they might even kick frequeny fucker miles to good customers.

    You see, the whole massive computing power bit is just a front for what this really is: CmdrTaco's Super Secret Geek Fuck Compound. It's where he and the rest of the /. doodz go after a long day's lack of work, to bang some fresh ass.

    Yep, there's nothing better than kickin' back with a fresh bottle of Bawls while CmdrTaco's big ol' beef rearranges the innards of a cum loving bitch-boy geek. Well, maybe there's SOMETHING better... after all, what could be more fun than watching in delight as ol' Taco force feeds his granny a whole cartload of turd loaves. You know, hemp rope, Taco Pies, etc.

    That's actually the trick to gettin' some of the his granny's nasty crust-snatch... you wait until little Robby has filled her throat with his loving shit, and plug her craphole while she tries in vain to chew her tasty treat. Yeah, that's it...

    Awwww, shucks, you've probably already "been there, done that", so I'll stop dispensing tidbits from my big bag of CmdrTaco granny fucking HOWTO manuals now.

    HAND!

  10. Re:This is very cool. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'll tell ya what's very cool...

    You see, the whole massive computing power bit is just a front for what this really is: CmdrTaco's Super Secret Geek Fuck Compound. It's where he and the rest of the /. doodz go after a long day's lack of work, to bang some fresh ass.

    Yep, there's nothing better than kickin' back with a fresh bottle of Bawls while CmdrTaco's big ol' beef rearranges the innards of a cum loving bitch-boy geek. Well, maybe there's SOMETHING better... after all, what could be more fun than watching in delight as ol' Taco force feeds his granny a whole cartload of turd loaves. You know, hemp rope, Taco Pies, etc.

    That's actually the trick to gettin' some of the his granny's nasty crust-snatch... you wait until little Robby has filled her throat with his loving shit, and plug her craphole while she tries in vain to chew her tasty treat. Yeah, that's it...

    Awwww, shucks, you've probably already "been there, done that", so I'll stop dispensing tidbits from my big bag of CmdrTaco granny fucking HOWTO manuals now.