Posted by Kenneth Farmer, Thursday September 29 2005 @ 12:33PM EDT
Linux Magazine: At the beginning of 2005, "Extreme Linux" columnist Forrest Hoffman began a several-month project to build and operate a miniature HPC cluster in his home. Using just a handful of cash and loads of commodity hardware and open source software, Hoffman was able to produce a viable cluster, perfect for development and exploration.
Start the trail with a look at the hardware and physical configuration. Proceed to look at the variety of Linux distributions available for cluster computing.
1. Building a (Very) Low Cost Cluster
2. Clustermatic: A Complete Cluster Solution
3. The Rocks Cluster Distribution
4. The Open Source Cluster Application Resource (OSCAR) Bundle
5. Scyld Beowulf
IDC: Appro Xtreme-X Supercomputer Blade Solution
Analysis of the Xtreme-X architecture and management system while assessing challenges and opportunities in the technical computing market for blade servers. Video - The Road to PetaFlop Computing
Explore the Scalable Unit concept where multiple clusters of various sizes can be rapidly built and deployed into production. This new architectural approach yields many subtle benefits to dramatically lower total cost of ownership.
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