I second OpenHPC. It is actively maintained and easy to set up. Regarding the hardware, have a look at Doug Eadlines Limulus clusters. I think they would be a good fit. Dougs site is excellent in general https://www.clustermonkey.net/
Also some people build Raspberry Pi clusters for learning. On Sun, 3 Mar 2019 at 01:16, Renfro, Michael <ren...@tntech.edu> wrote: > Heterogeneous is possible, but the slower system will be a bottleneck if > you have calculations that require both systems to work in parallel and > synchronize with each other periodically. You might also find bottlenecks > with your network interconnect, even on homogeneous systems. > > I’ve never used ROCKS, and OSCAR doesn’t look to have been updated in a > few years (maybe it doesn’t need to be). OpenHPC is a similar product, more > recently updated. But except for the cluster I manage now, I always just > just went with a base operating system for the nodes and added HPC > libraries and services as required. > > > On Mar 2, 2019, at 7:34 AM, Marco Ippolito <ippolito.ma...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm developing an application which need to use tools and other > applications that excel in a distributed environment: > > - HPX ( https://github.com/STEllAR-GROUP/hpx ) , > > - Kafka ( http://kafka.apache.org/ ) > > - a blockchain tool. > > This is why I'm eager to learn how to deploy a beowulf cluster. > > > > I've read some info here: > > - https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Building_a_Beowulf_Cluster > > - https://www.linux.com/blog/building-beowulf-cluster-just-13-steps > > - > https://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~mjf/pi_cluster/src/Building_a_simple_Beowulf_cluster.html > > > > And I have 2 starting questions in order to clarify how I should proceed > for a correct cluster building: > > > > 1) My starting point is a PC, I'm working with at the moment, with this > features: > > - Corsair Simm Memoria RAM, DDR3, PC1600, 32GB, CL10 Ven k > > - Intel Ci7 Box Processore CPU 1150 i7-4790K, 4.00 GHz > > - Samsung MZ-76E500B Unità SSD Interna 860 EVO, 500 GB, 2.5" SATA III, > Nero/Grigio > > - MB ASUS H97-PLUS > > - lettore DVD-RW > > > > I'm using as OS Ubuntu 18.04.01 Server Edition. > > > > On one side I read that it should be better to put in the same cluster > the same type of HW : PCs of the same type, > > but on the other side also hetherogeneous HW (server or PCs) can also be > deployed. > > So....which HW should I take in consideration for the second node, if > the features of the very first "node" are the ones above? > > > > 2) I read that some software (Rocks, OSCAR) would make the cluster > configuration easier and smoother. But I also read that > > using the same OS, > > with the right same version, for all nodes, in my case Ubuntu 18.04.01 > Server Edition, could be a safe starter. > > So... is it strictly necessary to use Rocks or OSCAR to correctly > configure the nodes network? > > > > Looking forward to your kind hints and suggestions. > > Marco > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing > > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >
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