[SLE] A poor's man super computer(PC Cluster)!!!
Hi! I have three old computer, all of them are : CPU : Intel/AMD 486 , 40-50 MHz. RAM : 4 MB NIC : 3 Com 10/100 HardDisk : 200-400 MB Can I set it up for a poor's man super computer(PC Cluster)? Are they useful or waste to setup? Many Thanks, mtagoon@usa.net -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Hi! I have three old computer, all of them are : CPU : Intel/AMD 486 , 40-50 MHz. RAM : 4 MB NIC : 3 Com 10/100 HardDisk : 200-400 MB Can I set it up for a poor's man super computer(PC Cluster)? Are they useful or waste to setup? Many Thanks, mtagoon@usa.net
Well you can set up a beowulf cluster. Take a look at http://florida.linuxusers.org/beowulf.html The site is a bit dated and I think we have now more like 12 or 13 nodes on-line. However, you shouldn't expect any miracles from it especially not if you don't have software that will efficiently utilize the parallel processing capabilities. Our estimate is that the 12 or 13 Pentium 90 nodes come up to equal one more recent Pentium processor at about 300 MHz. Of course the system can still be optimized, but don't expect to build a Cray. Cheers, Alex. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, mtagoon wrote:
Hi! I have three old computer, all of them are : CPU : Intel/AMD 486 , 40-50 MHz. RAM : 4 MB NIC : 3 Com 10/100 HardDisk : 200-400 MB Can I set it up for a poor's man super computer(PC Cluster)? Are they useful or waste to setup? Many Thanks, mtagoon@usa.net
That depends on how important it is to *you*. If you're in it for fun, then go for it. If you expect to get work done, you'd get better performance out of a $200 Celeron 400 with 32mb of RAM. Setting up computational clusters (PVM or MPI) is not a trivial pursuit, which is why everyone's not doing it. -- -=|JP|=- Jon Pennington | Atipa Linux Solutions -o) jpennington@atipa.com | http://www.atipa.com /\\ Kansas City, MO, USA | 816-241-2641 _\_V -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
i'll have to disaggree with my buddy Jon...:) goto yast, choose install packages, and the Extreem linux section. everything you need to build a computational cluster. The quick&dirty way is to install the PVM package and the pvmpovray thang. it works great, and best shows your cluster in action. for real work, you'd want the MPICH stuff..and i'll sell you a copy of the Portland Group compilers..but with only 4 meg ram, you wouldnt be able to do any real work anyway...heh. for maximum fun, i'd throw on SALT and grab MOSIX...then see if you can find a multi-threaded MP3 encoder..:) MOSIX is a cluster scheme that migrates normal threads over multiple boxes/processors. The applications do not have to be coded for any clustering API. Each process/thread will be distributed over the cluster, so one huge single threaded app will gain no benefit, but something like apache should RAWK. anyway...have fun..:) -- ======================================================================== Rocky McGaugh Atipa Linux Solutions Linux Systems Engineer www.atipa.com rocky@smluc.org rmcgaugh@atipa.com ======================================================================== On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Jon Pennington wrote:
On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, mtagoon wrote:
Hi! I have three old computer, all of them are : CPU : Intel/AMD 486 , 40-50 MHz. RAM : 4 MB NIC : 3 Com 10/100 HardDisk : 200-400 MB Can I set it up for a poor's man super computer(PC Cluster)? Are they useful or waste to setup? Many Thanks, mtagoon@usa.net
That depends on how important it is to *you*. If you're in it for fun, then go for it. If you expect to get work done, you'd get better performance out of a $200 Celeron 400 with 32mb of RAM. Setting up computational clusters (PVM or MPI) is not a trivial pursuit, which is why everyone's not doing it.
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mtagoon wrote:
Hi! I have three old computer, all of them are : CPU : Intel/AMD 486 , 40-50 MHz. RAM : 4 MB NIC : 3 Com 10/100 HardDisk : 200-400 MB Can I set it up for a poor's man super computer(PC Cluster)? Are they useful or waste to setup? Many Thanks, mtagoon@usa.net
Most people would save them and use them for firewalls, ip masquerading, and fax machines. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
mtagoon wrote:
Hi! I have three old computer, all of them are : CPU : Intel/AMD 486 , 40-50 MHz. RAM : 4 MB NIC : 3 Com 10/100 HardDisk : 200-400 MB Can I set it up for a poor's man super computer(PC Cluster)? Are they useful or waste to setup? Many Thanks, mtagoon@usa.net
Are you doing it just for the learning experience? Or to actually try to do some serious work with it? For the learning experience, hey, you've got nothing to lose and a lot of knowledge to gain. But if it's for doing some actual serious work with it, you're wasting your time. Paul Greene -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
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