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Beowulf For Dummies?

Posted by michael on from the slaying-the-dragon dept.

Pheno writes: "This looks like a fun LUG project. A simple setup for a Linux cluster called OSCAR from the Open Cluster Group. The people behind it are Oak Ridge National Labs and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications and some private companies. According to this Newsforge (part of the Keiretsu) story their 'Supercomputer on a CD' software is supposed to make it so easy to put a Beowulf cluster together a high school student or MCSE can do it in a few hours."

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  1. Scyld Beowulf has been available since ALS by becker · · Score: 5
    The Scyld Beowulf distribution has been available since August. The system was demoed and CDs were widely distributed at the October Atlanta Linux Showcase.

    Our distribution is considerably more sophisticated than what OSCAR is attempting to do. The advances have lead to a simpler system to install and run.

    Our distribution CD may be used as an install disk for the cluster master, or after 20 seconds it automatically boots the machine as a cluster slave and tries to contact a master. Once the master has been installed (about 20 minutes), each slave takes only a few seconds to join the cluster.

    Look for our demos at LinuxWorld Expo next week, and our latest distribution is now available for $2 from LinuxCentral.com. You don't have to wait weeks or months for a less capable OSCAR system.