[aclug-L] Re: My Boewulf... sorta

[phrostie <phrostie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

as i recall the original beowolf was a 486/66 cluster

Jonathan Hall wrote:

> Well, I have, in a manner of speaking, a Boewulf cluster in my bedroom now.
> I don't know if it technically qualifies as a Boewulf, but I think it does.
>
> I have the following computers:
>
> AMD K6-III/450
> Dual Intel Pentium 233Mhz MMX
> Intel Pentium 120Mhz
> Intel Pentium 100Mhz
> (had for a while but was too slow) Cyrix 486SLC2 66Mhz
>
> The task:
>
> Converting my entire CD collection to MP3s for more compact storage, easier
> transportation between work & home, etc.
>
> The implimentation:
>
> I have the K6-III (my workstation) ripping the CD audio files to .wav's.
> I then have a collection of bash scripts that then take the .wav files and,
> one by one, scp them to one of the remote machines (or for the K6-III, just
> moves the file to a temporary directory), then encodes the file to an MP3,
> and moves it back to my workstation.
>
> Results:
>
> I'm able to encode from WAV to MP3 *almost* as fast as my 24x SCSI CD-ROM
> drive can rip CDs.  When I get my new K6-2/400, I should be able to keep up
> nicely.  If I can match my CD-ROM drive's speed, I'll be happy.
>
> I can probably outperform John's 600Mhz Alpha with this setup, when encoding
> 4-5 MP3s at once (when encoding a single MP3, John still obviously wins, b/c
> he can contribute the entire 600Mhz to the encoding, whereas I only get to
> utilize my full 1136Mhz when encoding 5 MP3s at once :-)  John still may win
> even when doing 4-5 MP3s at once, b/c he doesn't have to transfer his MP3s
> over 10mbit ethernet to each of his nodes.  :-)
>
> Well, I guess that's all I have to say about that.  It's kind of a fun
> little project. :-)
>
> P.S. I hope you don't mind me using your computer as a comparison, John.
> BTW, what kind of encode-time/play-time ratio do you get when encoding MP3s
> on your Alpha @ 128kbps?  (I'm using 8hz-mp3... which encoder do you use?)
> :-)
>
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