On Mon, 16 Feb 2009, Indrajit Deb wrote:
Hello, I want to setup beowulf for my eight node cpu to run simulation. Debian 4.0 is installed in each cpu. I am not familiar with beowulf. If any one help me to setup beowulf for the begining to the end i will be grateful. Thanks.
Can you give us more details? a) How many systems (boxes with network interconnects)? A "node" is usually a single box that can hold anywhere from 1 to 4 CPUs (or even more) -- but it usually has only one, sometimes two, network interconnects. A "cpu" nowadays can have anywhere from 1 to 4 cores, with more on the way soon. So your "eight node cpu" is a bit ambiguous. It might mean a single box and 8 cores or 8 boxes with a single core each or anything in between. b) If it is many boxes, what kind of network do you have? 100 Mpbs Ethernet? Gbps Ethernet? Something else? c) How much storage, memory, etc per node? d) What is your actual simulation? How does it work? Is it an MPI application, or something that runs independently? e) Anything else that might help us help you. Right now the short answer for a vanilla starter cluster is: Connect your systems via a switched network on a private IP subnet, setup a shared common account space and remote mounted (e.g. NFS) working directories from a shared server. Make sure all nodes have libraries, make sure that development nodes or your front ends have programming tools and libraries and compilers. The write or install your application(s) and run it(them). Really, that's all there is to it. rgb
Indrajit Deb Research Scholar. Dept. of Biophysics, Molecular Biology & Bioinformatics Calcutta University Kolkata India Ph. +919239202278
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