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Generic Configuration Comments

• Get at least 1 spare PC (or 1 for every 8 PCs)
• Separate connection to external network
• Strongly recommend standard desktop/tower cases
  • Industrial rack mount PCs suffer time lag, low quantity
    (good mostly for high reliability)
  • Easy to build a "rack mount" for standard PCs
• VGA & keyboard switchers nice for cluster management, but require each machine to have a video card