Beowulf Report v1.20 release 1

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Introduction

History of Beowulf Class Clusters

Parallel Computing

Clustering

Beowulf Class Cluster

Classes of Beowulf Class Clusters

Beowulf Versus a Cluster of Workstations

Cluster Support Libraries

Reasons for choosing PVM

Parallel Virtual Machine

Scientific Computing Example: Solve for PI

Conclusion

Appendix A: Terminology

Appendix B: Network Hardware

Appendix C: Other Resources for Clustering Information

Sources

Beowulf Team

 

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The 26 node Beowulf Cluster at Linux 99

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The Cluster at Work

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the neurotic imbecile and the netfinity: match made in heaven?

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