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Linux Cluster HOWTO

Linux Cluster HOWTO

Table of Contents
Linux Cluster HOWTO .....................................................................................................................................1 Ram Samudrala (me@ram.org)...............................................................................................................1 1.Introduction..........................................................................................................................................1 2. Hardware..............................................................................................................................................1 3.Software...............................................................................................................................................1 4. Set up, configuration, and maintenance...............................................................................................1 5. Performing tasks on the cluster............................................................................................................1 6.Acknowledgements..............................................................................................................................1 7. Bibliography........................................................................................................................................1 1. Introduction..........................................................................................................................................2 2.Hardware..............................................................................................................................................2 2.1 Node hardware...................................................................................................................................2 2.2 Serverhardware.................................................................................................................................3 2.3 Desktop and terminal hardware.........................................................................................................4 2.4 Miscellaneous/accessory hardware....................................................................................................4 2.5 Putting−it−all−togetherhardware......................................................................................................4 2.6 Costs ...................................................................................................................................................4 3. Software...............................................................................................................................................4 3.1Operating system: Linux, of course! ..................................................................................................4 3.2 Networking software ..........................................................................................................................5 3.3 Parallel processingsoftware..............................................................................................................5 3.4 Costs ...................................................................................................................................................5 4. Set up, configuration, and maintenance...............................................................................................5 4.1 Diskconfiguration.............................................................................................................................5 4.2 Package configuration ........................................................................................................................6 4.3 Operating system installation and maintenance .................................................................................6 Personal cloning strategy...