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Alright, sounds like a good place to start. Thanks. |
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On 8/16/05, Jan Klopper <janklopper@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Nathan, |
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> One of the first things i'd do if i would setup a new gentoo cluster is |
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> figure out the following gentoo related management stuff first: |
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> Cross compiling, (distcc/ccache) |
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> Shared portage |
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> http Download replicator (see the forums in "tips an tricks") |
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> As soon as you got these things done, (and made sure you can keep your |
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> cluster up to date) you can start doing things with programs like |
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> openmosix etc. |
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> Nathan Marcus wrote: |
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> >I am new to the Beowulf cluster scene of Linux, and was about to try |
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> >to set up a cluster in my basement. My question for the gurus here is |
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> >what angle should I go for a heterogeneous cluster of machines? Like |
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> >Openmosix, or whatnot. Here are some system specifics |
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> >The front-end node node will be a 667 mhz Pentium 3, 64 mb of RAM, and |
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> >20 gig hard disk. |
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> >Another machine, node 1 will be a 350 mhz Pentium 2, 110 mb of RAM, |
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> >and a 5 gig hard disk. |
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> >Final node is just about identical to node 1 except it has 64 mb of RAM. |
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> >I know this is not a high performance cluster by any means, but I |
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> >would like to try and make a cluster, and I like Gentoo's flexibility, |
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> >but need to know if it is the best for my cluster setup. |
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> >Any opinions appreciated! |
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