Re: [Beowulf] Small Distributed Clusters

2008-07-08 Thread Linux Mercedes
On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 6:10 AM, Tony Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ian Pascoe wrote: > >> Hi all, >> > > > > > Both will be connected to the Internet using ADSL and the limitation will >> be >> the upload speed of a maximum of 512Kbs. >> > > Another issue, apart from the 'A' (Assymetric s

Re: [Beowulf] Small Distributed Clusters

2008-07-05 Thread Chris Samuel
- "Tim Cutts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > clusterssh gets a little unwieldy with more than 30 or so > machines at a time, even if you set the xterm font to eye-wateringly > small and have a monitor the size of a football pitch. This was pretty much the conclusion of the folks who were us

Re: [Beowulf] Small Distributed Clusters

2008-07-04 Thread Tim Cutts
On 4 Jul 2008, at 12:10 pm, Tony Travis wrote: I suggest you have a look at "dsh" (Dancer's distributed shell) as a simple way to run programs across local and geographically separate nodes in your cluster. This is very simple, but works remarkably well, especially if you use SSH keys for

Re: [Beowulf] Small Distributed Clusters

2008-07-04 Thread Tony Travis
Ian Pascoe wrote: Hi all, Firstly before getting into the nitty gritty of my question, a bit of background. Myself and a friend are looking to set up initially two small clusters of 4 boxes each, using old surplus commodity hardware. The main purpose of the cluster is to hold data and perform

[Beowulf] Small Distributed Clusters

2008-07-03 Thread Ian Pascoe
Hi all, Firstly before getting into the nitty gritty of my question, a bit of background. Myself and a friend are looking to set up initially two small clusters of 4 boxes each, using old surplus commodity hardware. The main purpose of the cluster is to hold data and perform calculations upon it