[Info-vax] PEA0: Errors

[Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply]

In article <idqdnVgINPYaYjPUnZ2dnUVZ_ryWnZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B.
Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes: 

> How many nodes in the cluster?  I don't recall ever seeing a cluster 
> with a switched interconnect.  

I'm sure there are many.

> I have run a two node cluster with the 
> two nodes connected back-to-back with a crossover Ethernet cable.  I 
> have seen the same thing done with a hub.  I see no reason why a larger 
> cluster could not use an Ethernet (UTP) hub.

Of course it's possible, but a switch should be better.  Even I recently 
bought a switch for my home cluster.