[ubuntu-uk] High Performance Computing

[Dave Ewart]

On Sunday, 22.04.2007 at 20:21 +0100, Ian Pascoe wrote:

> One of the many topics that have my interest at the moment is that of
> high performance computing by using cluster / parallel computing.  Can
> Ubuntu support this without a lot of hacking around?

I think this is tricky: the only really useable, open cluster project is
OpenMosix which is currently only 'alpha'-level for 2.6.x kernels.

The preferred environment for OpenMosix is 2.4.x kernels: something like
Debian Sarge would be the best bet for that; the main problem being that
if one is tied to a 2.4.x kernel, hardware support for new systems is
tricky.  Then again, a cluster works well with fairly basic (old)
hardware.

I'd be interested in seeing developments in this area, although it's
unlikely to be Ubuntu-specific.  The OpenMosix project essentially
provides (if I've understood it correctly) a kernel patch and some
userland/management tools.

Dave.

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