**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Fri Aug 20 02:59:56 2010 Aug 20 07:00:48 I have Aug 20 07:00:55 Running 2.6.35 Aug 20 08:16:57 bkero: you think the plug is fast enough to do decent grid computing? Aug 20 08:29:47 kblin: My guruplug isn't stable enough for grid computing Aug 20 08:32:39 bkero: I'm playing with setting up an embedded storage cluster, and it seems for that both ram and cpu might be the bottlenecks Aug 20 08:34:11 kblin: storage? What interface? Aug 20 08:35:21 I'm planning to run the ceph filesystem with the storage nodes using sata drives Aug 20 08:35:50 if guruplugs were any good at actually doing GbE, they'd be an ideal platform Aug 20 08:36:35 right now, I'm planning to run a sheevaplug as metadata server and hawkboards as storage nodes Aug 20 08:36:42 kblin: Fan should fix that. Aug 20 08:37:10 I'm not sure if the guruplug would be good considering it only has 1 SATA port with a maximum throughput of 300MB/sec Aug 20 08:37:22 I know you can use a port multiplier, but you're still sharing 300MB Aug 20 08:37:30 right, but for the same price I can get a mini-itx board that makes the same noise and is more powerful, and I don't need to fuss with software compiling for arm Aug 20 08:37:54 I just paid $200 and got a 3U pentium 4 with 2 3ware Escalade 8605's and 16 SATA hotswap bays Aug 20 08:38:15 yeah, but where's the fun in that? Aug 20 08:38:27 Not fun, economical ;) Aug 20 08:38:57 to be honest I mostly was playing a game of buzzword bingo when coming up with a talk for this year's storage developer's conference Aug 20 08:39:06 lol Aug 20 08:39:18 and "embedded private cloud storage" scored pretty high Aug 20 08:39:18 Wonder if I could do that. Aug 20 08:39:49 I don't think that'll really take off Aug 20 08:40:06 private and cloud is an expensive propositon Aug 20 08:40:20 and ceph is nowhere near production ready yet :P I tested it last week rolling out at mozilla Aug 20 08:40:34 embedded active directory domain controllers, different story. that's a product waiting to happen Aug 20 08:40:40 But at least it has a real kernel module Aug 20 08:41:01 That's all you man. As soon as I hear the words 'active directory' I immediately run the other way. Aug 20 08:41:25 bkero: I'm a samba developer, I learned to fight the reflex Aug 20 08:41:37 That's unfortunate :P Aug 20 08:41:55 Should have listened to your body's natural reaction--trying to throw up to purge itself of the garbage. Aug 20 08:41:56 also, I like the active directory on ARM hardware because MS just can't do that Aug 20 08:42:15 Port AD to WinCE Aug 20 08:42:42 right, if you can cope with your server needing a reboot every other day Aug 20 08:42:45 I do a lot of things that MS can't do. It's lost it's novelty, now I just consider it a toy. Aug 20 08:43:22 bkero: right. but embedded AD was a "novel use case" that lost MS their EU monopoly trial Aug 20 08:43:37 so it really itches them to actually see it happen Aug 20 08:43:49 Didn't know about that part Aug 20 08:44:05 I thought AD was soon to be relegated to service hosting by a third party Aug 20 08:47:09 meh, I wouldn't outsource service-critical data Aug 20 08:47:24 but of course people do that Aug 20 08:47:37 People outsource their mail servers all the time Aug 20 08:48:11 yeah, or put their internal documents on google docs Aug 20 08:48:18 but it's still silly Aug 20 11:20:34 is the heating issue being properly addressed in GuruPlug ? Aug 20 11:24:42 kk: from what I've heard the solution seems to be a fan that's installed in the plug, but I haven't heard of the revised ones shipping yet Aug 20 11:30:20 but then doesnt mini become large ?? Aug 20 11:52:08 kk: no idea, haven't even seen a picture of the revised version yet Aug 20 11:52:52 thnx fr info Aug 20 17:28:20 MostAwesomeDude: did you jab that Marvell man? Aug 20 17:28:30 bkero: D'oh, no. Aug 20 17:28:42 Remind me a few more times and I might actually remember. :c Aug 20 17:29:09 * bkero stabs a pen in MostAwesomeDude's leg. Aug 20 17:29:36 lolzz Aug 20 17:29:59 gdu Aug 20 17:30:24 Dammit, I was using that leg. Aug 20 17:31:02 No you weren't, you're on IRC. Aug 20 17:31:08 Nobody uses their legs on IRC. **** ENDING LOGGING AT Sat Aug 21 02:59:57 2010