[Beowulf] cluster building advice?

[Jeffrey Rossiter]

Hello everyone!

I am getting started on a cluster building project at my university. We 
just replaced all of our lab machines so I am going to be using the old 
machines to rebuild our cluster. The intention is for the system to be 
used for scientific computation. I am trying to decide on a linux 
distribution to use. Does it matter all that much? Any advice would be 
greatly appreciated. Book suggestions would help too. I am waiting to 
receive Building Clustered Linux Systems 
<http://www.amazon.com/Building-Clustered-Linux-Systems-Robert/dp/0131448536/ref=sr_1_20?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1347832213&sr=1-20&keywords=building+linux+clusters> 
by Robert W. Lucke 
<http://www.amazon.com/Robert-W.-Lucke/e/B001IQXRT6/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_20?qid=1347832213&sr=1-20> 
but my advisor for the project is concerned that it may be out of date 
for what we are doing. Please share your ideas. Thanks!

-Jeffrey Rossiter
<http://www.amazon.com/Robert-W.-Lucke/e/B001IQXRT6/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_20?qid=1347832213&sr=1-20> 

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