How to Build a Beowulf: A Guide to the Implementation and Application of PC Clusters (Scientific and Engineering Computation)

2017-07-07 02:10:07



		Contents



		Series Foreword



		xiii



		Foreword



		xv



		Preface



		xix



		1 Introduction



		1



		1.1 A Brief History



		2



		1.2 The Beowulf Book



		4



		2 Overview of Beowulf Systems



		9



		2.1 What Is a Beowulf?



		9



		2.2 A Taxonomy of Parallel Computing



		12



		2.3 Benefits of Beowulf



		13



		2.4 A Critical Technology Convergence



		14



		2.5 The Beowulf System Node



		16



		2.6 The Beowulf Network



		18



		2.7 Linux



		19



		2.8 Message Passing for Interprocessor Communication



		20



		2.9 Beowulf System Management



		21



		2.10 The Beowulf Challenge



		21



		3 Node Hardware



		25



		3.1 Overview of a Beowulf Node



		26



		3.1.1 Principal Specifications



		28



		3.1.2 Basic Elements



		29



		3.2 Processors



		32



		3.2.1 Intel PentiumII



		33



		3.2.2 DEC Alpha



		34



		3.2.3 AMD K6



		34



		3.2.4 Future Processors



		34

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