On 12/04/2011 08:33 PM, bin xu wrote: > Thanks. I just want to run some MPI based computing codes. > Thanks > > Bin > ------Original Message------ > From: Digimer > To: linux clustering > Cc: Bin > Subject: Re: Can I build a computer cluster based on RedHat Desktop edition? > Sent: Dec 4, 2011 6:30 PM > > On 12/04/2011 07:18 PM, Bin wrote: >> I am a beginner -:) and want to build a PC clusters based on Redhat >> linux for running my parallel codes. please help... >> >> Thanks > > Performance clustering most often a per-application question, not one > that can be generalized too well. These tend to be pretty > distro-agnostic and generally rely on specialized tools running on nodes. > > A classic example is a video render farm where a master node cuts up a > series of frames, hands them off to a node in the farm to render, > repeats for the various other parts of the movie, collects the finished > frame and stiches them together into a single movie. Similar concepts > can be applied to decryption, compilation and so on. > > So, tell us what you are trying to do, specifically. > Please reply to the mailing list. Discussions like this can help other people later when they're archived and searchable. You will want to take a look at the OpenMPI project. I've not used it, but it should give you what you need to get started. http://www.open-mpi.org/ -- Digimer E-Mail: digimer@xxxxxxxxxxx Freenode handle: digimer Papers and Projects: http://alteeve.com Node Assassin: http://nodeassassin.org "omg my singularity battery is dead again. stupid hawking radiation." - epitron -- Linux-cluster mailing list Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster
