Linux Cluster HOWTO
Ram Samudrala (me@ram.org)
v1.5, September 5, 2005
How to set up high-performance Linux computing clusters.
1. Introduction
2. Hardware
- 2.1 Node hardware
- 2.2 Server hardware
- 2.3 Desktop and terminal hardware
- 2.4 Miscellaneous/accessory hardware
- 2.5 Putting-it-all-together hardware
- 2.6 Costs
3. Software
- 3.1 Operating system: Linux, of course!
- 3.2 Networking software
- 3.3 Parallel processing software
- 3.4 Costs
4. Set up, configuration, and maintenance
- 4.1 Disk configuration
- 4.2 Package configuration
- 4.3 Operating system installation and maintenance
- 4.4 Known hardware issues
- 4.5 Known software issues
5. Performing tasks on the cluster
6. Acknowledgements
7. Bibliography
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