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Linux Cluster Howto

We have identified at least two kinds of users of our cluster: those that need (i.e., take advantage of) permanent local processing power and disk space in conjunction with the cluster to speed up processing, and those that just need only the cluster processing power.

The former are assigned “desktops” which are essentially high−performance machines, and the latter are assigned dumb “terminals”. Our desktops are usually dual or quad processor machines with the current high−end CPU being a 1.6 GHz Opteron, having as
much as 10 GB of RAM, and over 1 TB of local disk space. Our terminals are essentially machines where a user can log in and then run jobs on our farm. In this setup, people may also use laptops as dumb terminals.

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  1. Linux Code and More » Blog Archive » Linux Cluster Howto says:
    November 12, 2007 at 9:33 am

    [...] Arun’s Blog: Arun’s Blog wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt We have identified at least two kinds of users of our cluster: those that need (i.e., take advantage of) permanent local processing power and disk space in conjunction with the cluster to speed up processing, and those that just need only the cluster processing power. (more…) [...]

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