Build a monster Linux cluster

Posted at 3:48pm on Wednesday April 15th 2009

Our chums at PC Plus have put online their detailed guide to building an ultra-powerful Linux-based cluster. "It's easy to use any spare machines you may have to create a single homogeneous computing mega-matrix and calculation engine just by wiring them all together and running the right software." So, don't leave those old boxes sitting abandoned in the loft - link them up and start crunching numbers like there's no tomorrow.

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Awesomeness.

Dan Dart (not verified) - April 15, 2009 @ 8:54pm

Now I can learn how!!

Evil Genius

Anonymous T-Shirt collector (not verified) - April 15, 2009 @ 9:05pm

At last I'll have enough computing power to take over the world and re-populate it with Penguins!!!

NOTACLUSTER

Mature Penguin (not verified) - April 18, 2009 @ 9:13am

It's a useful thing to know for Blender users but its not really a 'cluster', is it?

IS A CLUSTER

Tore (not verified) - April 22, 2009 @ 9:09pm

Don't be confused, it holds all the properties of a cluster.
It comprises a cluster of nodes, dedicated for compute intensive tasks, or just a 'compute cluster'.