I cant seem to find the search function, might still be disabled. However, I've decided to put together a Beowulf cluster for class presentation. The topic is super computers in general, but I wanted to demonstrate a small cluster for the class. Somewhere around 8+ nodes, or as much hardware I can get my hands on. I have about 3 months to put this project together. I think that some might agree that reading out of a book feels better than reading from a computer screen. I'm in search of a good Beowulf clustering book. Any recommendations?
I understand linux, but I'm new to clustering. I'm leaning towards a gibabit interconnect, but I dont think I can come up with the loot for all the gigabit nics. Is there a threshold of hardware specs for maxing out a 100mbit interconnect? Or would a gigabit interconnect do wonders for even a cluster running a common 500mhz cpu.
Ive read about a few popular benchmarks such as climate predictions and protien modeling. I'm feeling something more graphical, maybe something that would take advantage of the master node's graphics card to output something fancy. Raw gflops in numerical form looks great too..
thx
I understand linux, but I'm new to clustering. I'm leaning towards a gibabit interconnect, but I dont think I can come up with the loot for all the gigabit nics. Is there a threshold of hardware specs for maxing out a 100mbit interconnect? Or would a gigabit interconnect do wonders for even a cluster running a common 500mhz cpu.
Ive read about a few popular benchmarks such as climate predictions and protien modeling. I'm feeling something more graphical, maybe something that would take advantage of the master node's graphics card to output something fancy. Raw gflops in numerical form looks great too..
thx