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Making the Playstation3 a server gets easier
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,132385-c,techindustrytrends/article.html
Helios has figured out how to install its media asset management software on a PlayStation 3’s IBM-made Cell processor.
The company has customized a version of Linux to allow its server suite to run on the PS3 hardware, and will release a free installer (which uses the Yellow Dog Linux distribution) through U.K. distributor, JPY’s website on 1 June.
The installer includes a test drive version of Helios UB, the enterprise client server solution which customarily works on a more expensive IBM Blade Server or Xserve. Helios reckons using a PlayStation 3 cuts the cost of deploying such solutions to under £500 (US$1,000).
Very cool, the playstation3 has been used in a grid solution, it seems that there is now a version of Linux you can download and install to make your playstation an effective server, check it out.
I’ve heard they make great grid engines due to the Cell processor and this news brings new opportunities to the Playstation platform, I’d love to do play with one in a grid/server solution and see how practical this is.
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Check out this post http://news.softpedia.com/news/HELIOS-on-the-PlayStation3-Installation-and-First-Impressions-55924.shtml all about it, this site http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7297798721.html also has comments about it.