PVM support for clusters
Paul Springer · 2001
The latest version of PVM (3.4.3) now contains support for a PC cluster running Linux, also known as a Beowulf system. A PVM user of a computer outside the cluster can add the cluster as a single machine. All details of the cluster are hidden, and spawning to the cluster automatically puts tasks on individual nodes. This will work even if the nodes are on a private network, as long as the user s computer has a way of connecting to the "front-end" of the cluster. Note, PVM is the acronym for Parallel Virtual Machine.