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Colocate Your Mac mini

Posted by michael on from the first-to-market dept.

Pfhreak writes "Pure Static is already offering a service to colocate your Mac mini into a rack for those who want to set up a server on the cheap. Unfortunately, according to their FAQ, they're not planning on creating a Mini supercomputer. Which could be good news for those of you that are working towards being the first to set up such a cluster who have purchased a couple pallets of Minis, but haven't had time to finish setting up the cluster."

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  1. mmmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    mmm, chocolate mac mini

  2. Re:Mac Mini Cluster?? by X43B · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Yeah, it may outperform, but it costs a lot more. Simple math, idoit."

    1.) 1 X 2300 5*500
    2.) when calling someone an "idoit", it would be best to spell it correctly

  3. Can you really trust a company... by tdemark · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...who has the following in their welcome Flash movie?

    The site is overloaded.
    you loose paying customers.

    Emphasis is mine. Lack of capitalization and bad spelling is theirs.

  4. You'd have to be pretty desperate by Cmdr-Absurd · · Score: 5, Insightful
    The mini is NOT server-grade hardware.
    from the FAQ
    What about hardware failure? In case of hardware failure we will repair the units. However they are your units and you will be charged for the repairs.
    How often will that happen if they put a bunch of these in a rack togeter? laptop drive running 24/7.... hmmm. In an encloded space jammed up against other minis.... hmmm. seems like a bad idea to me. Better to get a used xserve.