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Joshua Nester. Beowulf Cluster Software Setup. Essential Traits. Automated cluster installation Remote hardware management Cluster management Job scheduling Libraries/languages for parallel programming. Desirable Traits. Tuning and analysis utilities Integrated distributions.
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Joshua Nester Beowulf Cluster Software Setup
Essential Traits • Automated cluster installation • Remote hardware management • Cluster management • Job scheduling • Libraries/languages for parallel programming
Desirable Traits • Tuning and analysis utilities • Integrated distributions
Network Setup Options • Stand alone • Universally accessible • Guarded
RSH or SSH? • RSH limits simultaneous commands to 1024 • SSH causes performance drop
Parallel Shell • Allows for simultaneous execution of commands on all nodes with very little configuration.