Clustering of Linux machines
 

Hi All:

Anyone can suggest about clustering of linux machines. I want to learn it from scratch. Please suggest me reading material and another references...

Thanks in advance.

Re: Clustering of Linux machines
 

We have setup one with 16 nodes using Slackware, and using it for CFD work. You need to set up a basic linux network, NFS, NIS, DNS. Finally you need to set up MPI or PVM. We chose MPI. It's working great.

Re: Clustering of Linux machines
 

Thanks Anwer for response. We have already linux network, NFS, NIS DNS and we can setup MPI. But I am interested how to join linux machine(hardware part) to make them cluster. I want to make a cluster setup of linux machines which i will need further for CFD application.

so i am really looking in hardware part. If you have some information regadring this plz try to send me. I will be highly oblized.

Thanks.

Ajay

Re: Clustering of Linux machines
 

If you have your mahines and your network up and running you already have a cluster - just install MPI and start distributing your jobs across your machines. To get good scaling all machines should preferably be on the same switch.

Re: Clustering of Linux machines
 

Thanks Larsson.

Re: Clustering of Linux machines
 

Here's a link which might be helpful:

www.beowulf.org

Re: Clustering of Linux machines
 

Can I do clustering of PC machine with window 2000 to do cfd. Thanks for your info.