Quantian: A single-system image scientific cluster computing environment
Dirk Eddelbuettel · 2004
This paper introduces the openMosix extensions to the Quantian environment for quantitative and scientific computing. Quantian, originally based on Knoppix technology, allows one to boot virtually any recent commodity i386-class computer from a single cdrom containing a compressed iso image into a fullyconfigured graphical workstation equipped with over 2gb of software – including 500mb of applications with a focus on quantitative or scientific computing. With the additional foundation of ClusterKnoppix providing support for openMosix-based clustering, Quantian allows one to create ad-hoc single-system image computing clusters that are already loaded with a large number of software environments commonly used in quantitatively-oriented disciplines. 1