2 computers doing one thing

[Zindel]

okay i have two computers right now one is just sittin around doing nothing, i was wondering if there was a way to hook um up to be linked together to do one thing so it would be like haveing two computers do one thing? is that possable i know you can use one mon by gettin a kvm swtich but i wanna have them do one thing together

 

[talldude123]

i dont know what you mean..

my only suggestion would be:

1. Buy a serial cable
2. Connect the two computer using the serial cable (so you would transfer files)

 

[Zindel]

yea i know you can do that but im sayin make it so the two processors work together

 

[Apokalipse]

you would need a special Operating System or program

 

[waynejkruse10]

look into grid computing.

 

[waynejkruse10]

Ok, ive thought about this some more. I know Apple Tiger has this thing called Xgrid which is a tool for setting up grid computing. Well you should look into some of the distrobuted computing projects like Seti and Folding @ Home and see which ones are open source and check out the source code.

 

[Apokalipse]

I wonder what System X uses?

in case you're wondering, System X is a huge grid of G5's

 

[Zindel]

alright ill try to figure it out and see what happens if not ill just have to use a kvm switch and just have two computer but wheres the fun in that lol

 

[waynejkruse10]

I wonder what System X uses?

It probly uses XGrid that comes in Tiger, or mabye something Linux based. Because everyone knows that the core of Mac os X is terribly inefficient for some things like database and server stuff.

 

[waynejkruse10]

cool, but what i meant is they either use Xgrid or something different like Linux but not a combination of the two.