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    Home Clustering

    Whats the best FREE method of clustering a group of computers on a local LAN?

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    in order to achieve what?

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    Its an interesting project and i do have a few links on my home PC about clustering in linux, but i am at work.

    I always wanted to have a go at clustering some machines to see what happens. Theoretically directhex your work unit time will go down with every PC you add to the cluster!

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    I dont know much about it but this article shows a pretty cool setup using 12 Via Epia boards running FreeBSD in a networked parallel cluster.
    Last edited by turkster; 20-05-2004 at 12:59 PM.

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    Interesting article!

    Why on earth use over expensive under performing epias? Clearly it was an excercise for fun and not power - but still 12 x durons of some sort would have been far more powerful.

    Also - why use 340gb microdrives when 256 or 512mb compactflash cards would have been faster, and an order of magnitude more reliable?

    Strange choices for someone so technically competant IMHO.

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    actually, if you look in the bargain basement thread, there's a socket A athlon board going for £9.99 and 1gig durons going for about the same price, could be the basis of an uber-cheap cluster

    http://lcic.org/ looks to be useful for linux clustering
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    Have a look at an os called cluster knoppix, like the normal knoppix its boot from cd but sets the cluster up for you

    I have been lookin to build one from 5 duron 1400 machines for a while and think it can be done for about £200

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    Hmm, if you run linux can you just install any distribution you want and attach it with a cluster software called Mosix (www.mosix.org). That is very useful tool, because Mosix can migrage programs/processes which not is written for clustering. So Mosix splits the program and sends it out to your nodes. To get best preformance i recommend a 100mbit switched network.

    My test-cluster of 4 nodes are working fine with Mosix, running Seti@Home with no problems. Go for it if you can
    Last edited by wberg; 21-05-2004 at 12:34 AM.
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    Wberg what are the specs of your nodes and what seti times does the cluster do?

    Cheers

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    i have some dvd ripping software for linux which features clustering, shame i lack manymany pcs

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    I just like the sound of it, Clusters, sounds cool
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    wberg - that isn't your cluster Even if you might have put some major work on it...

    I'm thinking of using two of my Athlon XPs with a dual mobo to get some performance from my server, try to paint them both to MP 2600+. Clustering is really neat, even though it's pretty useless at home...
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    Downloading ClusterKNOPPIX bootable CD now shall see how easy that is to set up!

    ftp.uni-erlangen.de what a loverly mirror, getting a meg a second off that 10 mins odd to download 600mb iso

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