CLUSTER APPROACH TO HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING
Alexei Kuzmin · 2003
The High Performance Computing (HPC) allows scientists and engineers to deal with very complex problems using fast computer hardware and specialized software. Since often these problems require hundreds or even thousands of processor hours to complete, an approach, based on the use of supercomputers, has been traditionally adopted. Recent tremendous increase in a speed of PC-type computers opens relatively cheap and scalable solution for HPC using cluster technologies. Here we discuss basics of cluster technology and present an example of cluster solution, implemented at the Institute of Solid State Physics of the University