alecjw
September 27th, 2006, 06:24 PM
I've had a great Idea to make the worlds fastest computer. Once a year, there should be a "world cluster day". There should be a venue (perhaps one in each country) where loads of people can take take their computers, and cluster them all up. Speed tests should be recorded at exactly the same time at each venue. The followind figures should also be recorded:
Total hard disk capacities
Total RAM
Time taken to tar.bz2 about 500GB files (i know the usual test is 500MB, but we can afford to go supersize!)
Total number of comuters (per cluster)
Total number of computers (throughout the world)
% each OS
Total no of cd, floppy, pendrives etc.
If possible, there should be one of those new gigabit broadband connections connecting all of the custers to make a super-cluster!
Users who can't attend but have a fast internet connection should be able to join the cluster using broadband, from the comfort of their own home.
Do you think it would be at all plausible? Or hillariously impossible?
Total hard disk capacities
Total RAM
Time taken to tar.bz2 about 500GB files (i know the usual test is 500MB, but we can afford to go supersize!)
Total number of comuters (per cluster)
Total number of computers (throughout the world)
% each OS
Total no of cd, floppy, pendrives etc.
If possible, there should be one of those new gigabit broadband connections connecting all of the custers to make a super-cluster!
Users who can't attend but have a fast internet connection should be able to join the cluster using broadband, from the comfort of their own home.
Do you think it would be at all plausible? Or hillariously impossible?