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____/ Homer on Wednesday 24 Aug 2011 02:21 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>> ____/ Homer on Tuesday 23 Aug 2011 15:37 : \____
>>> Verily I say unto thee that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>
>> Depends. People can put together many old machines and use them as
>> 'cores'. In that case, a 'core' would cost about 40 quid and include
>> its own Ethernet port, RAM section, CPU share, etc. Electricity is the
>> main toll, but it depends where (cost of energy).
>
> I'd like to see where you can get a compute cluster for 40 quid, even on
> eBay. Seriously.
>
> And talking of energy costs, I see electricity prices in the UK are about
> to go up 20%. Again.
>
>>>> or don't find others to share a server with to reduce costs.
>>>
>>> Is that an offer? :)
>>
>> I guess. Wanna log into my mostly unused box?
>
> Fnnaaar!
>
> Sorry, I must have watched too many Carry On films as a child.
>
> Just out of interest, what's the specs?
This one is just one core, 2.2 GHz IIRC. I mostly use that for monitoring
or as a terminal. My employer'[s servers are all 8-core, but obviously
they're only for us researchers. The ERC pays for those.
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