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Hi, On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Surjit Bains wrote:
Just wondering if anyone had installed the options for clustering ... and what exactly is required to get this to work...
To make full use of these packages, you should have more than one linux machine :) They should be connected by a network, of course. Bye, LenZ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenz Grimmer SuSE GmbH <A HREF="mailto:grimmer@suse.de">mailto:grimmer@suse.de</A> Schanzaeckerstr. 10 <A HREF="http://www.suse.de/~grimmer"><A HREF="http://www.suse.de/~grimmer</A">http://www.suse.de/~grimmer</A</A>> 90443 Nuernberg, Germany - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>
On 17-Feb-99 Lenz Grimmer wrote:
Hi,
On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Surjit Bains wrote:
Just wondering if anyone had installed the options for clustering ... and what exactly is required to get this to work...
To make full use of these packages, you should have more than one linux machine :) They should be connected by a network, of course.
Bye, LenZ
You have to use more the TWO linux machines... is this right or no Lenz ? ---------------------------------- Date: 17-Feb-99 Time: 14:21:48 He who attacks the fundamentals of the American broadcasting industry attacks democracy itself. -- William S. Paley, chairman of CBS ---------------------------------- - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>
Hi, On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Massimo Lusetti wrote:
To make full use of these packages, you should have more than one linux machine :) They should be connected by a network, of course.
You have to use more the TWO linux machines... is this right or no Lenz ?
No, you can even start with two machines. But it makes more fun if you have a whole bunch of machines... I tested a distributed POVRay on four double PII/400 w/ 128M RAM - sweet. Bye, LenZ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenz Grimmer SuSE GmbH <A HREF="mailto:grimmer@suse.de">mailto:grimmer@suse.de</A> Schanzaeckerstr. 10 <A HREF="http://www.suse.de/~grimmer"><A HREF="http://www.suse.de/~grimmer</A">http://www.suse.de/~grimmer</A</A>> 90443 Nuernberg, Germany - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>
I tested a distributed POVRay on four double PII/400 w/ 128M RAM - sweet.
Before I go to Beowulf and get lost on that site, can you tell which (kind of) applications that would benefit from a cluster? Will my mailreader run faster? :-) - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>
Hi, On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Kaare Rasmussen wrote:
I tested a distributed POVRay on four double PII/400 w/ 128M RAM - sweet.
Before I go to Beowulf and get lost on that site, can you tell which (kind of) applications that would benefit from a cluster? Will my mailreader run faster? :-)
No, unforunately not. The application has to be designed to be run in a distributed environment. Regular application do not benefit from a cluster. Heck, most applications don't even make proper use of a second CPU... Bye, LenZ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenz Grimmer SuSE GmbH <A HREF="mailto:grimmer@suse.de">mailto:grimmer@suse.de</A> Schanzaeckerstr. 10 <A HREF="http://www.suse.de/~grimmer"><A HREF="http://www.suse.de/~grimmer</A">http://www.suse.de/~grimmer</A</A>> 90443 Nuernberg, Germany - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>
Ok, so can anyone give some pointers as to how to project the benefits of multiple processors? I recently considered looking for some Pentium Pro 200 cpus(2), but it was suggested P II was a better way to go. I had some info that the P Pro was, perhaps, better and last year(I think) I read that IBM had shown a Linux box in a show in Germany sporting 4 PPROs. Wow! I guess it cooked! I have a chance to purchase a Gigabte MB for dual P II and clock speed s to 333MHZ. I was originalllly planning on Tyan or Asus(recommended as very good makes, but a recent MB article included Gigabyte as a good choice. Sorry for the rambling....) I tend to be conservative and speed is not all there is faster computing. Any thoughts would be much appreciated! TIA, Bob Russell Lenz Grimmer wrote:
Hi,
On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Kaare Rasmussen wrote:
I tested a distributed POVRay on four double PII/400 w/ 128M RAM - sweet.
Before I go to Beowulf and get lost on that site, can you tell which (kind of) applications that would benefit from a cluster? Will my mailreader run faster? :-)
No, unforunately not. The application has to be designed to be run in a distributed environment. Regular application do not benefit from a cluster. Heck, most applications don't even make proper use of a second CPU...
Bye, LenZ
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Hi, On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Robert Russell wrote:
Ok, so can anyone give some pointers as to how to project the benefits of multiple processors?
You can take benefit of two processors on a "normal" system, too. Linux will make sure, that both processors will get their share of runnable processes. For example, you can compile application with "make -j2". Multithreaded applications will take most benefits from two CPUs.
I recently considered looking for some Pentium Pro 200 cpus(2), but it was suggested P II was a better way to go. I had some info that the P Pro was, perhaps, better and last year(I think) I read that IBM had shown a Linux box in a show in Germany sporting 4 PPROs. Wow! I guess it cooked!
Yes, it was a pretty nice machine. I've some pictures of it on my Homepage. Bye, LenZ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenz Grimmer SuSE GmbH <A HREF="mailto:grimmer@suse.de">mailto:grimmer@suse.de</A> Schanzaeckerstr. 10 <A HREF="http://www.suse.de/~grimmer"><A HREF="http://www.suse.de/~grimmer</A">http://www.suse.de/~grimmer</A</A>> 90443 Nuernberg, Germany - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>
Speaking from experience, I can tell you that the dual P2 boxes we have are about twice as fast in actual use as the quad PPro boxes we have. What a difference a year makes (in computing power)! Last year we paid nearly $19,000 for each quad PPro. This year, we're paying about $4,000 for each dual P2, and getting much more for the money. Sam Robert Russell wrote:
Ok, so can anyone give some pointers as to how to project the benefits of multiple processors?
I recently considered looking for some Pentium Pro 200 cpus(2), but it was suggested P II was a better way to go. I had some info that the P Pro was, perhaps, better and last year(I think) I read that IBM had shown a Linux box in a show in Germany sporting 4 PPROs. Wow! I guess it cooked!
I have a chance to purchase a Gigabte MB for dual P II and clock speed s to 333MHZ. I was originalllly planning on Tyan or Asus(recommended as very good makes, but a recent MB article included Gigabyte as a good choice. Sorry for the rambling....)
I tend to be conservative and speed is not all there is faster computing.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated!
TIA,
Bob Russell
Lenz Grimmer wrote:
Hi,
On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Kaare Rasmussen wrote:
I tested a distributed POVRay on four double PII/400 w/ 128M RAM - sweet.
Before I go to Beowulf and get lost on that site, can you tell which (kind of) applications that would benefit from a cluster? Will my mailreader run faster? :-)
No, unforunately not. The application has to be designed to be run in a distributed environment. Regular application do not benefit from a cluster. Heck, most applications don't even make proper use of a second CPU...
Bye, LenZ
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