[lug] Super Computer

[Charles Morrison]

I have at least one computer I can donate to the cause. It would be nice 
to be able to house this somewhere interested people can access it via 
the internet. Unfortunately, I only have dial up access (and slow dial 
up at that, 24k is a good session).

There are other tools that might be worthwhile working with too, like 
"System Imager", "Big Brother" and other tools for managing clusters.

Sexton, George wrote:

>I actually have experience configuring MPI and PVM on clusters. I'm also in
>the process of creating an RPM for the HPL Linpack program for RedHat 7.x.
>After I finish that, I am going to create an RPM of MPI/POVRAY. Both would
>be handy for demo/testing of a cluster.
>
>I can also give tips on how to configure the system.
>
>Anyone with two computers (or a dual processor box) can create a "Cluster".
>The basic idea is:
>
>install MPI libraries on nodes.
>Enable remote login on nodes though RSH or SSH.
>Configure MPI
>run your parallel program using the MPIRUN command. Note that the program
>has to be available to every node. I.E. exported via NFS.
>
>In a nutshell, that's it. Getting a basic cluster up and running is pretty
>easy to do.
>
>MPICH comes with demonstration programs that display the basics of using MPI
>to create parallel programs. There are also some books in print on using MPI
>to create programs.
>
>>>I think Wayde mentioned trying to get a test cluster up for the BLUG to
>>>use. Maybe a "Stone Soupercomputer" style cluster would be a good
>>>learning aid. If BLUG can't do it alone, maybe in conjunction with the
>>>