Don, For more cluster information take a look at:
http://www.clustermonkey.net The are various umbrella topics at the top of the page that may help guide you. As for a "personal cluster", at the low end check out: http://www.clustermonkey.net//content/view/41/33/ It may give you some ideas. -- Doug > Hello All, > > I am another newbie seeking more basic advice. And from reading this > list over the past months I realize how little I have learned about > Knoppix systems from my readings and my few experiments with Parallel > Knoppix. Nevertheless, let me get on with my question and stop wasting > time. > > I am performing embarrassingly parallel, Monte Carlo calculations, some > using integers and some using floating points (some written in C and > some Xeonten in FORTRAN), and I am tired of waiting for 4 months for my > dual Xeon 2.0 machine to finish a calcOpenMosix So, I want to start off > with a dedicated COW (perhaps running OpenMosix or Sun's free Grid > software or something else) and later move to a true Beowullinuxtem once > I learn to properly write parallel software. I have been a linux user > for 8 years, but consider myself to sbtul be a beginner. I have a room > with 4, 15 amp circuits and a 20 000 btu air conditioning unit installed > that I can use for the next 2 years, but after that I may need to find > another home for the system. > > My dilemma is that for my budget I can buy one of the following > solutions: > > Solution #1 > Xeonstom Opteronsersonal cluster" with 8 dual core processors either > Xeons or Opterons (16 cores and 16 GB of memory) with all the software > installed, read to go. > > Solution #2 Athlon> I can buy 16 workstations, each with Dual Core Athlon X64 4400+ > processors (32 Warewulfd 32 GB of memory) upon which I will probably > install either Warewulf or Oscar. > > > Solution #3 > I can buy 32 HP or Dell "mass market" desktops running dual core chips > Warewulfs and 64 GB memory) upon which I will probably install either > Warewulf or Oscar. christmasat I read the discussion this past November > on "cheap PCs this christmas") > > > Obviously, I get more computing power in the last two solutions, but at > what cost in terms of time and upkeep? Once the system is up and > running I can dedicate about 5 hours per week, and probably no more, and > CAD$ ~500 per year for maintenance. > > Do any of you have some sage advice? Have any of you used a "personal > cluster"? Any thoughts you may have will be very much appreciated. > Thank you all for your time. > > Wishing you the best from a cool Montreal, > > Don > -- > "Melting rocks today for a better tomorrow . . . " > McGill Baker, Professor of Geochemistry, Earth and Planetary Sciences, > McGill University 3450 rue University, Montreal, QC Canada H3A 2A7 > 514-398-7485 > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] unsubscribe> To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > -- Doug _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
