[wplug] Beowulf 2.0 iso available

[Luquilla Hughes]

When I was looking at this some months ago I remember that Beowolf said 
something about needing the programs to be copiled to take use of the 
distributed computing.
There is another distributed computing site that sounded promising in that 
it didnot require the programs to be compiled for distributed computing: 
http://www.mosix.org/

Also there is a distributed computing site in which they used multiple NICs 
to decrease the overhead of communications by shortening the paths between 
machines. I'm sorry I don't remember the URL.


>From: David Tessitor <dttessitor at home.com>
>Reply-To: wplug at wplug.org
>To: wplug at wplug.org
>Subject: Re: [wplug] Beowulf 2.0 iso available
>Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 14:38:49 -0500
>
>Draco Aardvark wrote:
>
> > What is PennState's download page?
>
><ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions>
>
>I plan to burn and bring a CD to the next WPLUG GUM and Mike O'Connor
>should have his new Dell notebook with a burner there also.
>
> >
> > Does beowulf have a home page? Where?
> >
> > This is rather cool, you can build a rather nice computer quite cheep!
> > Just think, for $240, you can get 16 of the 486's at the expo mart, an
> > that's 1056 MHz!
>
>It is a cool technology with a lot of promise.  Unfortunately, I don't
>think the speed comparison is quite that simple a computation.  It's my
>understanding that  programs must be designed to take advantage of
>distributed computation, and even then the comparable speed would be
>unlikely linear.  The big advantage is that by having a network of
>desktops set up under a Beowulf arrangement, an organization could also
>use them as a much larger computer for certain jobs whenever they aren't
>being used for their independent purposes.
>
>As you can see on the Beowulf site, the project is using current
>mainstream PC's in their research, though it originally started on 486's
>(then the machine of the day).  With today's desktop speeds, the
>collective processing capability could easily be extended quite
>significantly.  I merely mentioned using the Unisys boxes as a possible
>exercise to help WPLUG members learn about Beowulf, not as a workable
>everyday replacement for today's mainstream PC's.
>
>Dave
>
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