Link Aggegration with an Apple Mac Pro and a NetGear GS108T
Yesterday I finally got my Mac Pro. I've been saving up money for one for quite some time now...
Anyway, a few weeks ago I bought a NetGear GS108T managed Gigabit Switch.
It supports 803.3ad (link aggregation). My new Mac does too!
I had to try it out.
Read on for my experiences.
Anyway, a few weeks ago I bought a NetGear GS108T managed Gigabit Switch.
It supports 803.3ad (link aggregation). My new Mac does too!
I had to try it out.
Read on for my experiences.
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Save your eyes with F.lux
For those of you who are not reading LifeHacker: earlier today they posted an app that I'm already a big fan of: F.lux
It adjusts the color temperature of your screen, depending of the time of day and your location. (US-users can enter a ZIP code, others must enter their latitude)
You'll love this next time you're waking up your computer in the middle of the night! (and the "Preview..." button is very cool...)
If you need to edit any photos and want the correct color temperature you can right click the menubar icon and select "Disable for an hour":
It is also available for Windows XP/Vista.
It adjusts the color temperature of your screen, depending of the time of day and your location. (US-users can enter a ZIP code, others must enter their latitude)
You'll love this next time you're waking up your computer in the middle of the night! (and the "Preview..." button is very cool...)
If you need to edit any photos and want the correct color temperature you can right click the menubar icon and select "Disable for an hour":
It is also available for Windows XP/Vista.
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An Intel Atom 330 cluster?
It might not make it in to the Top 500 list, but it will be a nice exercise, and might even be useful:
A cluster of Intel Atom 330s!
I've done some looking around and I think I should come in at less than €150 per node. (Much less, if you look around... I've even left some room for materials to build a case.)
For your ±150 euro you will get a mini-ITX board with an intel Atom 330 CPU (77 euro), 2 GB of DDR2 667 MHz memory, a PSU and an 8 GB CF card with CF-IDE convertor.
For a little more money you could swap the normal PSU for a PicoPSU.
You will of course also need a switch (180 euro for 16 Gbit ports, these days) and then some cabling.
Even the ready to use systems based on Atoms are useable, though the cluster would then be a little more expensive. (but the individual components would be more easily sold after you're done playing with your cluster...)
What could you use this for? From a Linux cluster (something like OpenMosix) to even xGrid on Leopard... It will probably be able to run OSx86. It would also be fun to experiment with high availability clusters.
I'm saving up for a new Mac first, then I'll look in to this again...
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