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Building a Linux XBOX Cluster

Posted by samzenpus on from the imagine-a-xbox-cluster dept.

Hack Jandy writes "Getting Linux to work on an XBOX became relatively easy a few years ago, and building an XBOX render farm became the next logical solution. Anandtech bought 8 XBOXes and clustered them into a neat project any hardware hacker could appreciate. Check out the results as Anand pits his 8-way cluster against some Xeon and Opteron workstations as well."

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  1. Beowulf by Sputum · · Score: 0, Redundant

    A beowulf cluster of 8-way XBox clusters!

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    "What we imagine is order is merely the prevailing form of chaos"
  2. Just imagine! by dj245 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    A beowulf clu....
    aww crap.

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    Even those who arrange and design shrubberies are under considerable economic stress at this period in history.
  3. Re://-- "Beowulf Cluster" jokes above this line -- by MrZaius · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Aie.

    The last thing we need is a beowulf cluster of beowulf cluster jokes.

    Although..... man.... just imagine.