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High-Performance Linux Clustering

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the beowolf-jokes-deserve-redundant-mods dept.

An anonymous reader writes "High Performance Computing (HPC) has become easier, and two reasons are the adoption of open source software concepts and the introduction and refinement of clustering technology. This first of two articles discusses the types of clusters available, uses for those clusters, reasons clusters have become popular for HPC, some fundamentals of HPC, and the role of Linux in HPC."

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  1. News? by Cave_Monster · · Score: 0, Troll

    How is this article news? Expect to see regular articles that link to TLDP and *NIX man pages soon on slashdot.

  2. Re:Advice: Don't use Itaniums for Linux cluster by Profane+MuthaFucka · · Score: -1, Troll

    Write your software in some other language then.

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  3. Re:Imagine by rdoger6424 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Windows Rocks! Linux sucks! I Love DRM! *ducks, then flees country*

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  4. yuO fail i7 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    his clash with th4t has grown up little-known an arduous