[SGVLUG] questions about linux clusters

[jmd]

On Dec 4, 2005, at 2:33 PM, Mike Fedyk wrote:

> jmd wrote:
>
>>
>> On Dec 4, 2005, at 1:46 PM, Mike Fedyk wrote:
>>
>>> jmd wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>
>>
>> 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".

Rocks comes with MPICH. i will stick with simple installs for now.  
eventually i will probably end up with a single system image, like  
openmosix.

i could be doing this on my sgi origin 2000s, but i don't have a  
place to put them at home. and i am sure the electric bill would kill  
me.

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

hardware wise, all i need is memory and cpu fans for the asus board.  
everything else is ready to go.

jeff