[ale] beowulf clustering

[Marvin Dickens]

On Thu, 20 Mar 2003 21:04:05 -0500
Christopher Bergeron <christopher at bergeron.com> wrote the following:

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> Have any of you guys set up a Beowulf cluster?  Is it difficult?  Can it 
> be done with off-the-shelf components?

I have experience with Beowulf clusters (And A LOT with IBM SP2's). I believe, based on your post, MOSIX will be a better friend than Beowulf in your situation: You can renice processes on a node by node basis in MOSIX so apps in user space can run without competing for cpu cycles.


Best

Marvin
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