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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........................................................................................................................................2 1. Introduction..........................................................................................................................................2 2.Hardware..............................................................................................................................................2 2.1 Node hardware...................................................................................................................................2 2.2 Serverhardware.................................................................................................................................3 2.3 Desktop hardware..............................................................................................................................4 2.4 Firewall/gateway hardware................................................................................................................6 2.5 Miscellaneous/accessoryhardware....................................................................................................7 2.6 Putting−it−all−together hardware......................................................................................................7 2.7 Costs ...................................................................................................................................................8 3.Software...............................................................................................................................................8 3.1 Operating system: Linux, of course! ..................................................................................................8 3.2 Networking software..........................................................................................................................8 3.3 Parallel processing software..............................................................................................................8 3.4 Costs ...................................................................................................................................................8 4. Set up, configuration, andmaintenance...............................................................................................8 4.1 Disk configuration.............................................................................................................................8 4.2 Package configuration ........................................................................................................................9 4.3 Operating system installation and maintenance...