[blu] Big BLU Super Computer

[jjohnson at sunrise-linux.com (miah)]

If the software isn't cluster aware its not going to take advantage of
the cluster, depending on how you set things up.  I see this all the
time at work, many people do batch processing, some people actually
write software that takes advantage of PVM or MPI.  

So again, what you want to do with the cluster after its built is
somewhat dependant on how you build it.  Just setting it up and
running the dnet client isn't going to do much.

So, if you're going to go through the effort of setting up a cluster,
you might as well have something worthwhile planned out to run on it
first.

If you want to learn about setting them up, try typing 

"Linux Cluster" into a google search box.  Of course, the Linux
Cluster howto is decent.

http://www.ram.org/computing/linux/linux_cluster.html

-miah

On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 02:49:49PM -0400, Drew Taylor wrote:
> Bob Gorman wrote:
> 
> >http://www.flashmobcomputing.org/
> >
> >I find the idea of a "Cluster Fest" (CF) enticing.  Bring a machine,
> >build up the OS, work it into the cluster.  Perhaps the meeting
> >before the CF could be about clustering.
> 
> I would love a good presentation about clustering. At YAPC::NA this year 
> we viewed the University cluster center. I was appropriately wowed by 
> all the computing power they had (and requisite cooling!). So clusters 
> are one of those "cool, I'd like to know more" sort of things.
> 
> >You could still build a "Jalopy Cluster", AKA Big BLU.  As a side
> >effect, build a mini-how-to-faq which could be distributed in advance
> >of the CF.
> 
> Documentation == good!
> 
> >It seems that building such a beast is more about the process and
> >less about what to do with it afterwards.
> 
> Exactly! Run RC5 or Seti at home for all I care. I just want to learn more 
> about how to setup the thing, and then later I'll worry about what I 
> might use it for. :-)
> 
> Drew
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