how to build a small Beowulf cluster
Daniel Kidger
Daniel.Kidger at quadrics.com
Mon Feb 4 06:56:24 PST 2002
Steve Gaudet wrote:
>Hello Ting,
>
>> I am new to this mailing list.
>> Also it's my first time to build "small" cluster alone for school's
>> project.
>> Only 2 linux machines , one is master and the other is the node.
>> Their CPU - P4 1.76Hz, 80GB in HD, 1GB memory.
>> One has SMC EZ NIC card, the other has Intel Pro 10/100 NIC Card.
>>
>> I surfed lots web sites, including www.beowulf-underground.org and
>> www.xtreme-machines.com.
>> BUT, I still have no idea how/where to start!!
>>
>> Can some one point a way for me?
>> I'll be appreciated!!
>
>You can start here;
>
>
>http://www.scyld.com which is cluster distribution
>http://rocks.npaci.edu
>http://www.opensce.org
>http://oscar.sourceforge.net/software.php
Whilst these are all very worthy websites ,they all describe particular
'solutions' to Linux clustering and so are really beyond the scope of a
school project.
More importantly, all the guts are clustering is 'hidden' so he wouldn't
learn much!
To get started with a 2 node system, I would suggest the minimum is to:
1. install say RH7.2 on both
2. create a username on both nodes and export /home from one to the other
(and perhaps /usr/local)
3. get and build mpich
4. try running a simple MPI hello world program
Then go on to other things, like: a private ethernet between them, nis, job
scheduling, compling bigger applicaiton codes, etc.
Yours,
Daniel.
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