Subject: Clustering (Was: Re: linux boxes at Salvation Army)
From: Mike Tibor (tibor@lib.uaa.alaska.edu)
Date: Sun Apr 27 2003 - 19:59:18 AKDT
On Sun, 27 Apr 2003, J. M. Mason wrote:
>
> Clustering not so good - network overhead means that lots of old machines
> clustered still won't keep up with one modern system....
I always thought that was highly dependant upon the work being performed
(some requires frequent network traffic; some not). I've read about
highly successful clusters that utilize idle Linux workstations connected
via 10 Mbit ethernet.
Not that I have any experience with parallel processing clusters, but just
from what I've read...
Mike
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