idea.uab.es — "You can convert a room full of machines running Windows into a Linux cluster, and when you shut down, your Windows machines are in their original state. The computers in the cluster can be homogeneous or heterogeneous. Getting the cluster up and running takes about 5 minutes.."
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Closed AccountApr 9, 2006
I'm amazed this hasn't been submitted before, it's been around for ages..Hmm, since I don't really have enough computers around to make it worth while doing (Only 3 PCs at home that would run this, others are a mac, and wont boot of a CD as their so old), so I can't check this, but : What is the average network usage while doing an average cluster job? (in average kb/s)Wonder if it's possible to get this to work over the internet... Digg-cluster? Okay, I doubt that'd work somehow.. (And the ParralelKnoppix distro is extremely insecure, so it'd be a bad idea)- Ben
callumjApr 9, 2006
I would like to seem some fractals going.
tylerni7Apr 9, 2006
Ok genius, what operating system do you suggest for running a cluster? You can bash Linux all you want, but when was the last time you saw a supercomputer running Windows or OSX?
Closed AccountApr 9, 2006
Exactly.Really, what's the difference between this and Clusterknoppix?I just want to see one that you can easily install. Like this or Clusterknoppix, but permanently on the hard drives.
hypershadow147Apr 9, 2006
Also with the "takes too long to do simple operations", if you know how to use a command line, it can be quicker than, say, windows, and generally it is a bit geekier, because it's usually the geeks who are doing massivley parallel clustering projects
wintermute0Apr 9, 2006
ah, you beat me to it
wintermute0Apr 9, 2006
You're in luck..."mpich.tar.gz is included in the Examples directory. This shows how to compile and install software on a running cluster, and lets you run a very cool parallel Mandelbrot set plotter "