Network Ad-Hoc Cluster

12:15:22 AM Vince: i would love to set up a multi mac configuration where i could multitask and clone computer builds with the same software would automatically delegate among themselves12:15:28 AM Vince: if i run photoshop, illustrator, and flash
12:15:31 AM Vince: in four computers
12:15:35 AM Vince: oen comptuer manages the other three
12:15:39 AM Vince: and each of the rest runs one of the programs
12:15:48 AM kaffinekraze777: hahaha i see
12:15:51 AM Vince: since all the computers will be running the exact same hard drive image
12:16:04 AM Vince: its a solid idea simple enough that i shouldn’t run into flaw
12:16:10 AM Vince: the big issue is writing the software
12:16:11 AM Vince: hahah
12:16:17 AM kaffinekraze777: its like having multiple build ques in an RTS!
12:16:21 AM kaffinekraze777: hmm
12:16:29 AM kaffinekraze777: actually, macs network wonderfully
12:16:32 AM kaffinekraze777: and honestly
12:16:33 AM Vince: right, they do
12:16:38 AM kaffinekraze777: all you technically need to do is
12:16:42 AM Vince: no i mean for a professional the software would probably be easy
12:16:43 AM kaffinekraze777: have 3 idenical comps
12:16:46 AM Vince: but i am no software professional
12:16:47 AM Vince: lol
12:16:48 AM kaffinekraze777: identical*
12:16:50 AM kaffinekraze777: well
12:17:01 AM kaffinekraze777: have the 4th comp running a remote desktop thing
12:17:04 AM Vince: right
12:17:06 AM kaffinekraze777: its not quite what you want
12:17:24 AM Vince: yeah the issue there is feedback delay
12:17:25 AM kaffinekraze777: but it can yield simular reultes
12:17:37 AM kaffinekraze777: yeah, true
12:17:44 AM Vince: the drawback there is that it only really provides efficiency for huge tasks
12:17:54 AM Vince: if i want to do a simple operation like resizing a video
12:18:03 AM Vince: that five second task is already doubled in time because of hte delay among hte network
12:18:11 AM kaffinekraze777: aahhh
12:18:12 AM Vince: if i wanted to render an HD video
12:18:20 AM Vince: then it would have the ETA cut in half
12:18:23 AM Vince: because of the processing
12:18:25 AM Vince: but otherwise yeah
12:18:32 AM Vince: that would be actually increasing the processing time
12:18:43 AM kaffinekraze777: yeah, this is true
12:18:52 AM kaffinekraze777: hmm
12:19:22 AM kaffinekraze777: would you want the 3 comps networked to eachother?
12:19:23 AM Vince: actually an even easier ad-hoc solution would be a small client software anda manager software
12:19:31 AM Vince: and the command prompt controls everything
12:19:41 AM kaffinekraze777: yeah, that would work
12:19:43 AM Vince: the GUI of the manager would translate into command prompt code
12:19:53 AM Vince: that way that eliminates the GUi of the other comptuers
12:19:57 AM Vince: making it faster
12:19:58 AM Vince: hm…
12:20:02 AM kaffinekraze777: well
12:20:15 AM kaffinekraze777: while GUIs take up some power
12:20:29 AM kaffinekraze777: i dont think its the main problem
12:20:54 AM kaffinekraze777: basically you want something that’ll hand off tasks to available comps right?
12:21:03 AM Vince: right
12:21:10 AM Vince: because i multitask a lot
12:21:13 AM Vince: and i was just thinking
12:21:22 AM Vince: i am forcing what regularly three people and three computers do
12:21:23 AM Vince: wait
12:21:28 AM Vince: why can’t i use three comptuers at once
12:21:33 AM Vince: with a network command
12:21:46 AM Vince: the main issue logically with that view
12:21:52 AM Vince: is three mice, three interfaces
12:22:04 AM Vince: then i thought
12:22:28 AM Vince: what if i use one mouse to control all three computers and have F command keys toggle monitors
12:22:33 AM Vince: then i thought
12:22:41 AM Vince: why not a single interface if all the computers are the same
12:22:58 AM kaffinekraze777: oh man, what are those called…
12:23:10 AM Vince: clusters
12:23:17 AM kaffinekraze777: theres an item which basically lets you hook up comps to a single interface
12:23:21 AM kaffinekraze777: i guess?
12:23:26 AM Vince: oh yeah i was on that step
12:23:33 AM kaffinekraze777: all you have to do is hit buttons
12:23:44 AM Vince: but then i pushed it forward with the thought, ‘why do i need to even babysit multiple computers!
12:23:56 AM Vince: because then i’d have to deconfigure and unhook up all thecomputers
12:23:57 AM Vince: when i’m done
12:24:04 AM Vince: i want to empower myself with this ability
12:24:08 AM Vince: over a regular network of computers
12:24:12 AM Vince: through the network
12:24:16 AM Vince: tbecause if that were the case
12:24:23 AM Vince: any of the computers is as strong as all of the comptuers
12:24:28 AM Vince: and they are anywhere