On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 2:58 AM, erik quanstrom <quanstro <at> coraid.com> wrote: >> You only need a cpu >> server if you want to let other machines run processes on your >> machine. You only need an auth server if you want to serve resources >> to a remote machine. > > i don't think this is accurate. > > You only need a cpu server if you want to let /multiple users/ run > processes on your machine. You only need an auth server if you > want to /authenticate/. > > you don't need multiple machines to authenticate. (you can authenticate > to a fs running on the local machine. you can authenticate via imap > locally.) you don't need multiple users to need a cpu server. you need > a cpu server to run services such as smtp or cron. Ah, right. Thanks for clarifying Erik, sorry about the swearing Eris. Makes a lot more sense now, though I still don't see the need to run auth for a standalone terminal. cpu serv for cron, maybe. -sqweek