Building Linux clusters : scaling Linux for scientific and enterprise applications
David H. M. Spector · O'Reilly eBooks · 2000
Part I Cluster Design, Development, and Management: Introduction - What Makes a Supercomputer Super? Pushing the State of the Art The Trickle-Down Effect Science Fiction Becomes Science Fact What Can Clusters Be Used For? What's Next? Basic Concepts - Why Clusters? Clustering Concepts Networking Concepts TCP/IP Addressing Parallel Programming Systems Review Designing Clusters - Design Considerations Hardware for Clusters System Performance Analysis Disk Selection Network Selection Cluster Configurations Scalability Data Access for Clusters Messaging Systems Queueing Systems Compilers Other Tools Building Clusters - Selecting the Place Preparing the Environment Building the Nodes Assembling Custom Systems Installation and Cabling Summary Software Installation and Configuration - CD-ROM Overview Installation Overview Managing Clusters - Basic Tools The Cluster Management System Structure of the Management System The Cluster Management Page User Administration Group Administration Project Administration Batch Queues Accounting Cluster Maintenance Other Management Interfaces Other Useful Tools Summary. Part II Cluster Programming and Applications. (Part contents).