[ILUG] Getting started with Beowulf

[Andrew Court]

Why does it have to be current?

It works.

And as for a more "current alternative"; from the openMosix site:

*The openMosix Project has officially closed as of March 1, 2008.


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On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Vicente Werner <vwerner at gmail.com> wrote:

> The problem with clusterknoppix is that is a dead project, a more current
> alternative will be to use knoppix + openMosix
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Andrew Court <syklops at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Have you thought of using Cluster-knoppix? It requires little or no
>> knowledge to set up. That said I do not know how it performs compared with
>> Beowulf.
>>
>> Here is a nice article on it:
>> http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-clustknop.html
>>
>> And here is the home page:
>>
>> http://clusterknoppix.sw.be/
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Vicente Werner <vwerner at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.beowulf.org/
>>>
>>> <http://www.beowulf.org/>I'm sorry if I can't give you any aditional
>>> advise,
>>> it's been over 10 years since I built my last beowulf cluster.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Robert Grundulis <
>>> robertmartinbrown at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Hello all,
>>> >
>>> > Can anyone offer me suggestions on good books or resources that would
>>> help
>>> > get me up to speed with Beowulf clustering?
>>> >
>>> > I've written an application that does calculations on fluid dynamics,
>>> > propellers and hull forms (boaty stuff) and the intention is to move it
>>> on
>>> > to a cluster to speed it up. At the moment one calculation takes about
>>> 3
>>> > days on a dual core Xeon, so there are obvious benefits to moving it on
>>> to
>>> > a
>>> > cluster.
>>> >
>>> > I have free access to dozens of old university PCs and servers (all P4
>>> and
>>> > adbove) and the plan is to cluster them.
>>> >
>>> > The thing is I've never worked with clusters before and I don't have a
>>> clue
>>> > where to start. Can anyone help point me in the right direction?
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Cheers,
>>> > Robert Grundulis
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>
>
> --
> Vicente Werner y Sánchez
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