[SGVLUG] questions about linux clusters

[Mike Fedyk]

jmd wrote:

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> On Dec 4, 2005, at 1:46 PM, Mike Fedyk wrote:
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>> jmd wrote:
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>>> i am building a linux cluster for fun/home use. not for any sort  
>>> of  production. has anyone worked with them?
>>
>>
>> Unfortunately, you did not say what type of cluster you want to  
>> create.  That is important.
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>
> a computation cluster. nothing for visualization or anything  
> extravagant. more than likely i will run apps from BOINC.

Then unless you're running an OpenMosix or OpenSSI cluster, or BOINC 
uses some type of message passing system, it won't be much of a 
"cluster" as a "bunch of computers that don't communicate between nodes 
and work on the same problem".

You should not have any problems supporting several different hardware 
types on the various nodes.