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Building Linux Beowulf Clusters

Mike Perry (mikepery@fscked.org)

Updated 09/26/00

This document aims to provide an overview of Beowulf clusters, from cluster design, to cluster use and maintainance. This document was written while I was under hire by The Illinois Genetic Algorithms Lab (Illigal), and as such, spends a good deal of time describing how to maintain and use the specific type of cluster I built for them.

1. Introduction

1.1 What is a Beowulf Cluster?
1.2 What can a Beowulf Cluster do?
1.3 What can't a Beowulf Cluster do?

2. Types of Beowulf Clusters

2.1 Classification by Network Architecture
2.2 Classification by System Architecture
2.3 Classification by Synchronization Software

3. Building the System

3.1 Building the NetType
3.2 Building the ArchType
3.3 Building the SoftType
3.4 Other Notes

4. System Maintainance

4.1 Planing for the Future
4.2 Always Use Package Managers
4.3 Adding a Node
4.4 Other Notes

5. Other Sources of Info

5.1 Where to Find this Document
5.2 Books
5.3 URLs

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