Combining Processors For More Processing Power

Folks:


I have 5 windows computers. Each processor is about 3.0 MHz. I can choose to
install either XP or Server 2003 on these machines.
I would like to arrange/connect these machines in some sort of network so
that I have a total of 15Mhz avalable for any application
that I choose to run.

* Is this sort of thing even possible ?
* Is this goal related to the concepts of computer clustering or grid
computing ?
* If possible, what type of hardware/software do I need to make this
"supercomputer" ?

Appreciate any references showing how processors can be combined to increase
processing power.



Thanks,
Jo.

<JoJo> wrote in message news:%23f5Ajq$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Folks:
>
>
> I have 5 windows computers. Each processor is about 3.0 MHz. I can choose
> to
> install either XP or Server 2003 on these machines.
> I would like to arrange/connect these machines in some sort of network so
> that I have a total of 15Mhz avalable for any application
> that I choose to run.
>
> * Is this sort of thing even possible ?
> * Is this goal related to the concepts of computer clustering or grid
> computing ?
> * If possible, what type of hardware/software do I need to make this
> "supercomputer" ?
>
> Appreciate any references showing how processors can be combined to
> increase
> processing power.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Jo.
>
>
>
>

Google for "distributed computing" - and go easy on the crossposting! This
question isn't really relevant to servers, SBS, clustering, or windows 2000
newsgroups.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_computing may be of some use. As to
whether you can make this work for you - can't say.

You may be referring to Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003, which is
different than the focus of this newsgroup.

More here:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/ccs/overview.mspx


--
Ryan Sokolowski
MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
MCSE, CCNA, CCDA, BCFP


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>
> <JoJo> wrote in message news:%23f5Ajq$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Folks:
>>
>>
>> I have 5 windows computers. Each processor is about 3.0 MHz. I can choose
>> to
>> install either XP or Server 2003 on these machines.
>> I would like to arrange/connect these machines in some sort of network so
>> that I have a total of 15Mhz avalable for any application
>> that I choose to run.
>>
>> * Is this sort of thing even possible ?
>> * Is this goal related to the concepts of computer clustering or grid
>> computing ?
>> * If possible, what type of hardware/software do I need to make this
>> "supercomputer" ?
>>
>> Appreciate any references showing how processors can be combined to
>> increase
>> processing power.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jo.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> Google for "distributed computing" - and go easy on the crossposting! This
> question isn't really relevant to servers, SBS, clustering, or windows
> 2000 newsgroups.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_computing may be of some use. As
> to whether you can make this work for you - can't say.
>