The Scalable System Administrator: via C3 & M3C Tools
Ray Flanery, Al Geist, Brian Luethke, Jens Schwidder, Stephen L. Scott · 2001
The computation power of PC clusters running the Linux operating system rivals that of supercomputers of just a few years ago at a fraction of the purchase price. However, the lack of good administration and user level application management tools represents a hidden operation cost that is often overlooked. This work attempts to reduce the total cost of cluster ownership and cluster use by providing a set of tools that permits the cluster to be treated as a single computer. This paper will highlight the integration of the C3 and M3C tools into a single unified cluster management solution.