Nifty Tom Mitchell wrote: > On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 05:06:17PM +0530, 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. >> Indrajit Deb >> Research Scholar. >> Dept. of Biophysics, Molecular Biology & Bioinformatics >> Calcutta University >> Kolkata >> India >> Ph. +919239202278 > > Hmm Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics.... > Which Molucular modeling code do you plan to run. > Most but not all are built on MPI libraries does > Debian have a pre-packaged MPI development and > run time environment. Look for things like Open MPI...
Yes, it does. OpenMPI, LAM, MPICH (but only version 1.2.x). > The simulation codes you plan to run will decide > a lot of things. For example it may cause you to move from > Debian to ROCKS/Centos or something else. Based > on your question you are a Bio guy more than > a computer guy. If so let your application codes drive > the cluster decisions. Why do you say this? Debian (5.0, what I checked just now) includes all the basic Beowulf elements and even tosses in GROMACS pre-compiled for OpenMPI. If it's what his people are used to there's no reason to switch. I would recommend using Debian 5.0 though, just so the latest GNU compilers are available. -- Geoffrey D. Jacobs _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
