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Linux for a Beowulf Cluster
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Posted by: Superpoo
Hey, I'm in a class at my college where we are trying to build a small 5 computer beowulf cluster. We are going to have one master CPU connected to the campus network, with 4 others attached to that one. We are planning to log on to the master using the network... I think. My question is, what version of Linux should we use? I'm not quite sure as to the exact specifications of the machines, as we've only been in class a few days, but I think they are P2 350 - 400's. Each machine has it's own hard drive, and we plan on just mirroring the installation. Any help you can give me is appreciated!
Posted by: lo_tek
well, according to [url]http://www.beowulf.org/software/software.html[/url] the distro of choice is redhat. Although, I would presume any distro would work well. It all depends how experienced you/your class mates are with linux. I always push Slackware, cuz I like it, but it does take a bit of getting used to. However, RH is a decent distro that has sadly moved over to the darker side of commercial computing. RH 9 should still be available for download from [url]http://www.linuxiso.org[/url]
As far as system reqs go, a p2 shouldn't have any trouble running *nix along with an xserver for some gui-ness ;) How much ram are they pushing?
Well, that about covers it... good luck with the project and let us know how it goes.
Posted by: D4HSupport
Never did with linux yet.... But I have done it with Windows 2003 Server and it works well.
If you have a copy of 2003 Server install it and look in the "Admistrative Tools" and then look for "Cluster Administrator" and go from there! Good Luck
Tell me how the linux side goes for you!
Posted by: whiteknight
If you have RH9 running in GUI make sure you have plenty of RAM. It tends to need alot more then the other distros.