i remember reading the the NEXXO's metaversa project log on page 4 Altron saying how wiring 2 seperate computers is faster then a duel. How would that be done? Could it be done with 2 motherboards in on case from the same PSU? Would both motherboards need the same amount of RAM or RAM on one board be enuff? Same thing for HDDs and VID cards.
If you are referring to parallel computing using a cluster or PCs, then read up on OpenMosix as that would be the easiest for you to implement. The main node can be a complete machine, and all other nodes can boot off the network and can be blind, so all the slave nodes would need is the mobo+cpu+mem + a network card if its not already there. Maybe a floppy drive if you can find any other way to make it boot off the network. ClusterKnoppix is an easy linux system and can be booted off a CD. Gentoo is very hard to set up, but in the end it will be totally customised for you. Debian is also another option and installing OpenMosix on it will not be too difficult. If you just want to mess around initially, I suggest you go with two nodes with each booting off a clusterknoppix cd .... And two separate PCs used as a cluster will no be faster than a dual processor machine because of overheads. The overheds on a dual processor system will be much lower than in a cluster. But it is an option to increase computing power over what can be achieved with a dual processor machine.
