Some newbie questions
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Roger L. Smith roger at ERC.MsState.EduMon Jun 11 08:46:42 PDT 2001
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On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Josip Loncaric wrote: > "Clustering" is an old idea. What distinguishes Beowulf clusters from > other clusters is emphasis on commodity components. In Beowulf > clusters, mass market leverage is used to reduce the price of technical > computing. So, even by your definition, the answer to the question "Do I have to use Linux?" doesn't explicitly have to be "yes", even if we are specifically discussing Beowulf clusters. This was the original question and answer that provoked my response. By your definition, a PC-cluster running NT would be a Beowulf, since NT is pretty much a commodity item by any definition! _\|/_\|/_\|/_\|/_\|/_\|/_\|/_\|/_\|/_\|/_\|/_\|/_\|/_\|/_\|/_\|/_\|/_\|/_ | Roger L. Smith Phone:662-325-3625 roger at ERC.MsState.Edu | | Systems Administrator FAX: 662-325-7692 WWW.ERC.MsState.Edu/~roger | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Mississippi State University/National Science Foundation | |______Engineering Research Center for Computational Field Simulation_____|
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