http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/3475/
Users should be able to configure clustering in GCC (switch to DistCC), enable openmosix, maybe even set up programs like blender properly in a centralised location, and just need to click a button. That way everyone can use their computing resources more efficiently, and easily.

At the very least we should make it easier (not neccessarily include it in the main distribution). And small polish like this may not benefit many people, but the people who notice (your graphics and developer crowd for instance), will be eternally greatful. And, lets be honest, its a great sales pitch for many businesses :D

OSX already ships with a solution known as Xgrid which people can use, in its clients and servers. Xgrid has only failed because even Apple does not integrate it into their programs. OpenMosix for instance though is ready to go and can be made into an "out of the box" solution.

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]]> en-us Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:18:18 +0000 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:22:02 +0000 QAPoll module http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/3475/ Thu, 06 Mar 2008 06:20:33 +0000 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 07:16:45 +0000 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:14:03 +0000
Oh well, theres always alternatives, (can you tell I haven't used it for ages?) ]]> Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:26:30 +0000 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:55:53 +0000 But is that kind of feature really useful for Ubuntu's targeted audience ?

Only spend time on this if you have nothing else to do !
(Or if you just like to develop in that field anyway, but then there is no point in that brainstorm !)]]> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:13:16 +0000
This would be an awesome new feature. I really hope to see it some day soon. Two thumbs up!

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As a Blender user (3d modeling/animation open source package) having the possibility to create a cluster with simple clicks would be a dream come true.

Currently available tutorials are somewhat difficult to follow (especially since all of them require internet access which I dont' possess outside of work).

But having this integrated into the package (distro CD) along with one to ten clicks is definitely a welcomed feature.]]> Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:49:57 +0000 of ubuntu with ltsp could be a giant killer of mswindows servers. We need to get away from the single computer mentality if we want to really get into the business world and succeed. I would love to have a clustered nas for my business so that I know data will be dependable 24/7. ]]> Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:11:28 +0000 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:49:13 +0000 Tue, 06 May 2008 23:56:32 +0000 A glaring Vista-beating opportunity for those who crave such media soundbytes too.

Explaining to an older guy (60? years old) I share a daily bus trip last month about computer clusters, he actually said "oh, that sound like "dynabolic" (sic). My grandson uses it for his band"

I was astounded.....he has no home computer and hadn't heard of M$ :) ]]> Wed, 07 May 2008 01:30:12 +0000 Fri, 09 May 2008 17:33:05 +0000 Sat, 10 May 2008 00:42:03 +0000
Even if developers are capable, we'd prefer to be able to just click a checkbox to do it then screwing with config files]]> Sat, 10 May 2008 02:27:26 +0000
latency between processors is a big factor. for serious clustering even gigabit ethernet is not good enough, so a standard home setup with 100mbit or wireless will have problems.

most programs, can't take advantage of dual-core CPUs yet, so they have no chance at clustering.

it might be usefull for compiling, big multiframe rendering, batch multimedia conversion, maybe some of the slower gimp filters. although some framework, and options (choosing hosts you trust) could be centralised, each application would need modifications.]]> Sun, 11 May 2008 14:53:22 +0000 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:37:58 +0000 1) No sync points
2) properly multithreaded.
3) Not frame rate oriented really.. Turn based games may work ok, but first person shooters may require faster updates then what the network latency can offer.


The main places this would help as mentioned, are for operations which can be completely seperated, and aren't as dependent on time, like rendering movie frames, compiling, or processing that needs a large amount of processing for a small dataset. But it would just be nice if in such applications, they were automatically using the resources of the network, without even needing to know its happening. ]]> Sun, 03 Aug 2008 04:09:29 +0000
1) Multimedia processing
2) Rendering
3) Compiling

the majority of users would see no benefit. But perhaps adapting an existing clustering infrastructure project to be more generic or easy to install might benefit these users and perhaps someone will come up with a new creative use...

Games - you could likely run the AI and server on another box... the same as any networked game setup. But this would imply more being able to distribute and remotely execute that engine on another computer and kick it off, all without introducing stability or security issues.

In face those issues are present for the above cases as well if you are assuming this is a spontaneous activity.

Perhaps exploring that model and how it might be implemented and managed might be an interesting space to explore (as a personal/academic project rather than a distribution vendor project)

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And my ONE Ubuntu machine is always doing all the grunt work for the family.. it's just not fair.. we need to share the load to get things done faster]]> Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:33:43 +0000 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:01:32 +0000