Hi, 润东 万 wrote: > I am thinking of building a Beowulf of 17 dual-core nodes, one head node > and 16 computation nodes for material research simulation. I am also a > newcomer to the simulation world, but I have some programming experience (no > parellel programming), knowledge of Unix operating system and a few shell > scripting experience. Equipped with your resorce, I think I can build a new > Beowulf. > A few questions. > 1. Is Myrinet expandable?
Yes it is, as long as you can pay for it. However, you should not consider any fancy interconnects until you know that Gigabit Ethernet is not enough for you. GigE is virtually free (NICs on motherboards, good 24-port switch are very inexpensive) and performance is good enough for most usages. Once you know which metrics are important for your applications, then you can go shopping for more expensive interconnects, if you need it. Patrick _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
