High Performance Linux Clusters: With OSCAR, Rocks, openMosix, and MPI (Nutshell Handbooks)

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High Performance Linux Clusters: With OSCAR, Rocks, openMosix, and MPI (Nutshell Handbooks) ISBN  0596005709 Release Date  18 November 2004 Category  Linux Tags  cluster,   mpi,   linux,   performance,   clusters,   openmosix,   oscar,   mosix,   nutshell,   rocks,   high performance linux clusters with oscar, rocks, openmosix, and mpi,   shell,   "cluster",   "linux cluster",   open source,   open,   0596005709,   six sigma,   This book @Amazon  View Tools Google Search Web flazx.com

Description To the outside world, a "supercomputer" appears to be a single system. In fact, it's a cluster of computers that share a local area network and have the ability to work together on a single problem as a team. Many businesses used to consider supercomputing beyond the reach of their budgets, but new Linux applications have made high-performance clusters more affordable than ever. These days, the promise of low-cost supercomputing is one of the main reasons many businesses choose Linux over other operating systems. This new guide covers everything a newcomer to clustering will need to plan, build, and deploy a high-performance Linux cluster. The book focuses on clustering for high-performance computation, although much of its information also applies to clustering for high-availability (failover and disaster recovery). The book discusses the key tools you'll need to get started, including good practices to use while exploring the tools and growing a system. You'll learn about planning, hardware choices, bulk installation of Linux on multiple systems, and other basic considerations. Then, you'll learn about software options that can save you hours--or even weeks--of deployment time. Since a wide variety of options exist in each area of clustering software, the author discusses the pros and cons of the major free software projects and chooses those that are most likely to be helpful to new cluster administrators and programmers. A few of the projects introduced in the book include: MPI, the most popular programming library for clusters. This book offers simple but realistic introductory examples along with some pointers for advanced use. OSCAR and Rocks, two comprehensive installation and administrative systems openMosix (a convenient tool for distributing jobs), Linux kernel extensions that migrate processes transparently for load balancing PVFS, one of the parallel filesystems that make clustering I/O easier C3, a set of commands for administering multiple systems Ganglia, OpenPBS, and cloning tools (Kickstart, SIS and G4U) are also covered. The book looks at cluster installation packages (OSCAR & Rocks) and then considers the core packages individually for greater depth or for folks wishing to do a custom installation. Guidelines for debugging, profiling, performance tuning, and managing jobs from multiple users round out this immensely useful book. Other books on Linux Linux Command Line and Shell Scripting Bible Essential Linux Device Drivers (Prentice Hall Open Source Software Development Series) Linux Bible, 2008 Edition: Boot up to Ubuntu, Fedora, KNOPPIX, Debian, openSUSE, and 11 Other Distributions Fedora Unleashed, 2008 Edition (8th Edition) (Unleashed) Scalix: Linux Administrator's Guide X Power Tools Ubuntu 7.10 Linux Unleashed, 3rd Edition A Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux(R) SUSE Linux Toolbox: 1000 Commands for openSUSE and SUSE Linux Enterprise Ubuntu Linux Toolbox: 1000 Commands for Ubuntu and Debian Power Users Fedora Linux Toolbox: 1000 Commands for Fedora, CentOS and Red Hat Power Users Linux Networking Cookbook (Linux) Knoppix Hacks: Tips and Tools for Using the Linux Live CD to Hack, Repair, and Enjoy Your PC Linux: The Complete Reference, Sixth Edition (Complete Reference Series) openSUSE Linux Unleashed