[Linux-cluster] Can I build a computer cluster based on RedHat Desktop edition?
Digimer
linux at alteeve.com
Mon Dec 5 01:36:16 UTC 2011
On 12/04/2011 08:33 PM, bin xu wrote:
> Thanks. I just want to run some MPI based computing codes.
> Thanks
>
> Bin
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> Subject: Re: [Linux-cluster] Can I build a computer cluster based on RedHat Desktop edition?
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> On 12/04/2011 07:18 PM, Bin wrote:
>> I am a beginner -:) and want to build a PC clusters based on Redhat
>> linux for running my parallel codes. please help...
>>
>> Thanks
>
> Performance clustering most often a per-application question, not one
> that can be generalized too well. These tend to be pretty
> distro-agnostic and generally rely on specialized tools running on nodes.
>
> A classic example is a video render farm where a master node cuts up a
> series of frames, hands them off to a node in the farm to render,
> repeats for the various other parts of the movie, collects the finished
> frame and stiches them together into a single movie. Similar concepts
> can be applied to decryption, compilation and so on.
>
> So, tell us what you are trying to do, specifically.
>
Please reply to the mailing list. Discussions like this can help other
people later when they're archived and searchable.
You will want to take a look at the OpenMPI project. I've not used it,
but it should give you what you need to get started.
http://www.open-mpi.org/
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