thanks... I'll check that out NatePuri Certified Law Student & Debian GNU/Linux Monk McGeorge School of Law [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ompages.com
On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, Norris Preyer wrote: > Paul Nathan Puri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Do nodes in a beowulf cluster all have to have the same hw configuration? > > > > or can different types of intel based configurations work? > > There is no reason for the nodes to have the same hardware, or even > the same kind of hardware--lots of people run with intel, alphas, and > sparcs simultaneously. The node-node communication software (pvm, > mpi, etc) handles big/little-endian translations transparently. > System administration-type issues are obviously simpler with uniform > hardware, but most people use whatever hardware they can scrounge up. > > BTW, these sorts of questions will find more knowledgeable readers in > the beowulf mail-list. > > > > > NatePuri > > Certified Law Student > > & Debian GNU/Linux Monk > > McGeorge School of Law > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://ompages.com > > > > --Norris > > -- > Dr. Norris Preyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Dept. of Physics and Astronomy (843) 953-7997 (voice) > College of Charleston (843) 953-4824 (fax) > Charleston, SC 29424 http://galaxy.cofc.edu/ > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
