[Nottingham] Linux PC super-cluster possible?

[Dennis Furr]

Martin,

You might want to check out Beowulf.

Regards,

Denny


On 7/3/07, Martin <martin at ml1.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Folks,
>
> Is it possible to...
>
> Have a number of PCs, interconnected by LAN, appear as a single
> multi-cpu system?
>
> That is, you write a program with multiple parallel threads, and you can
> then run it unchanged on the multi-PC cluster as though it was on a
> multi-CPU single PC?
>
> Another requirement is that as far as the application software and LAN
> activity is concerned, contact with anything else on the network that is
> not part of the cluster must appear as a single computer.
>
> Possible?
> Hackable?
> Ideas?
>
> Cheers,
> Martin
>
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