We do it the opposite way quite frequently: Linux master node with Windows slaves. You could at the very least install the Linux servers from Windows over the network. Setup a Windows DHCP/HTTP server. Then you could at the very least 'kickstart' or 'autoyast' the nodes. Not sure about the software level of controlling the apps. <br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 7:08 AM, MArk Fennema <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:markcf@rocketmail.com">markcf@rocketmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div>I'm not sure at all if this would be at all beowulfy, or even if it would be possible. That's why I'm asking you. What I want to set up is a cluster computer that can run standard windows applications. Random download games, Microsoft office, etc. So I was wondering, is it at all possible to run a windows master computer that's controlling Linux slaves, and if I did, would it improve the performance of usual applications (or make it possible to run more of them at the same time). I know this isn't the most useful or the cheapest way to make a computer like this, but it's kind of an experiment.<br>
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