On Mon, Jan 06, 2003 at 02:48:38PM -0800, Ryan Detert wrote: > I am looking for a good howto or a really clear book on setting up a > beowulf cluster. I have 3 computers and I am wondering first off if it > would be easier to use NFS or having each node have a completely > functional OS.
Hrm, thats a pretty large subject, what exactly are your goals? Resume fodder? A particular application? Parallelizing a particular code? I'd check out: http://www.beowulf.org I'd also recommend joining the beowulf mailing list (same site). I happen to be teaching a Beowulf Design and Parallel Programming course for the second time at the moment. In general, in the loosest terms a beowulf is basically a collection of commodity hardware (i.e. pc's or similar), running an open OS, and running some software layer for communication (I.e. MPI). So if you have 3 linux boxes just install MPICH: http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/mpi/mpich/ -- Bill Broadley Mathematics UC Davis _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech