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Fellow Gentooers, |
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I have been given the task of installing a pile of 50 Sun Netra X1's. |
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It seems to me using these machines for mundane socket programming and |
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the like (in other words, I don't exactly like Solaris all that much) |
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would be a plain waste of useful computing resources. I would really |
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appreciate it if you could point me to any resources that would let me |
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install Linux on them with MOSIX and a distributed file system like |
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Odyssey/CODA. If it were left to me I would have ordered PCs but the |
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Netras are 64 bit and this would be interesting exercise in its own |
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right. |
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I would like to firewall all activity on these boxes using four(?) |
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Gentoo boxes running IPTABLES/NETFILTER. Any efficient design to put |
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this together would be very helpful. What would be the best way to enter |
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the cluster from the outside (University/Internet) and restrict all |
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meaningful traffic to within the cluster? |
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Is gentoo planning on supporting multiple architectures in the near |
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future esp. 64 bit? That would really be amazing! |
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Looking forward to your suggestions, |
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Warm Regards, |
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A Gentoo Afficionado and Evangelist, |
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Vishnu Mohan, vishnu.mohan@××××××××××××××××.edu |
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Teaching Assitant, EC 3.316 2600 Waterview Parkway, #3338 |
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Dept. Of Computer Science, Richardson, TX 75080. |
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The Univ. Of Texas At Dallas. Home Ph 972 699 8967 |