<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="LinuxDoc-Tools 0.9.21"> <TITLE> Linux Cluster HOWTO </TITLE> <LINK HREF="Cluster-HOWTO-1.html" REL=next> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="Cluster-HOWTO-1.html">Next</A> Previous Contents <HR> <H1> Linux Cluster HOWTO </H1> <H2>Ram Samudrala <CODE>(me@ram.org)</CODE> </H2> v1.5, September 5, 2005 <HR> <EM>How to set up high-performance Linux computing clusters.</EM> <HR> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc1">1.</A> <A HREF="Cluster-HOWTO-1.html">Introduction</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc2">2.</A> <A HREF="Cluster-HOWTO-2.html">Hardware</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A NAME="toc2.1">2.1</A> <A HREF="Cluster-HOWTO-2.html#ss2.1">Node hardware</A> <LI><A NAME="toc2.2">2.2</A> <A HREF="Cluster-HOWTO-2.html#ss2.2">Server hardware</A> <LI><A NAME="toc2.3">2.3</A> <A HREF="Cluster-HOWTO-2.html#ss2.3">Desktop and terminal hardware</A> <LI><A NAME="toc2.4">2.4</A> <A HREF="Cluster-HOWTO-2.html#ss2.4">Miscellaneous/accessory hardware</A> <LI><A NAME="toc2.5">2.5</A> <A HREF="Cluster-HOWTO-2.html#ss2.5">Putting-it-all-together hardware</A> <LI><A NAME="toc2.6">2.6</A> <A HREF="Cluster-HOWTO-2.html#ss2.6">Costs</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc3">3.</A> <A HREF="Cluster-HOWTO-3.html">Software</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A NAME="toc3.1">3.1</A> <A HREF="Cluster-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.1">Operating system: Linux, of course!</A> <LI><A NAME="toc3.2">3.2</A> <A HREF="Cluster-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.2">Networking software</A> <LI><A NAME="toc3.3">3.3</A> <A HREF="Cluster-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.3">Parallel processing software</A> <LI><A NAME="toc3.4">3.4</A> <A HREF="Cluster-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.4">Costs</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc4">4.</A> <A HREF="Cluster-HOWTO-4.html">Set up, configuration, and maintenance</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A NAME="toc4.1">4.1</A> <A HREF="Cluster-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.1">Disk configuration</A> <LI><A NAME="toc4.2">4.2</A> <A HREF="Cluster-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.2">Package configuration </A> <LI><A NAME="toc4.3">4.3</A> <A HREF="Cluster-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.3">Operating system installation and maintenance</A> <LI><A NAME="toc4.4">4.4</A> <A HREF="Cluster-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.4">Known hardware issues </A> <LI><A NAME="toc4.5">4.5</A> <A HREF="Cluster-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.5">Known software issues </A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc5">5.</A> <A HREF="Cluster-HOWTO-5.html">Performing tasks on the cluster</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A NAME="toc5.1">5.1</A> <A HREF="Cluster-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.1">Rough benchmarks</A> <LI><A NAME="toc5.2">5.2</A> <A HREF="Cluster-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.2">Uptimes</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc6">6.</A> <A HREF="Cluster-HOWTO-6.html">Acknowledgements </A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc7">7.</A> <A HREF="Cluster-HOWTO-7.html">Bibliography </A></H2> <HR> <A HREF="Cluster-HOWTO-1.html">Next</A> Previous Contents </BODY> </HTML>