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Is there a way to connect multiple desktops and treat them as one system? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have some desktops (the tower kind) lying around and I'm wondering if there's a way that I can connect them all to one display and combine their computational power or at least make them all accessible in one place. I want to get into server hosting but only have one monitor. They're currently running LMDE.

Any ideas?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I'm wondering if there's a way [to] combine their computational power.

Only if your problem can be be split up reasonably, otherwise you will spend more time waiting for data to move.
Where it can work: video encoding, CI pipelines, data analysis
Where it won't work: interactive stuff, most single file operations

I want to get into server hosting [...]

Then you don't need another reason to do it.

[If] I can connect them all to one display [or] make them all accessible in one place.

You can either get a hardware switch or chose a primary computer and connect to the others. For that you can use remote desktop software or be a try hard and use ssh.