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Four Node Linux Commodity Minicluster |
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| by Mitch Williams mlw@sandia.gov | ||||||
| A small Linux cluster for portability. Useful for demonstrations, tutorials and roadshows. | ||||||
| * | 4x Advanced Digital Logic Pentium MMX 266Mhz processors | |||||
| * | 10baseT private network | |||||
| * | external PCMCIA for wireless connection to the outside world | |||||
| * | quad KVM switch for local diagnostics | |||||
| * | dimensions: 5.3"x5.3"x13" | |||||
| * | can be built by hand for ~ USD $6700 or integrated by Parvus Corp. for an additional fee. | |||||
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Synopsis |
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| This cluster turns out to be useful as a parallel programming teaching and demonstration tool. Created entirely out of commercial off-the-shelf PC/104 compliant parts, this cluster has all of the features that you would expect in normal-sized rack-mounted clusters, including individual keyboard, video and mouse access to every node. CPU power is a little light in this incarnation, but the CPU core module is upgradable to 700MHz, as of this date (11/20/01). | ||||||
PC/104 Linux Minicluster Parts ListLinks to Related ProjectsPC/104 Linux Minicluster mini-HowTo |
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| After many inquiries at the SC01 meeting, I have decided to create a short HOWTO so that others can do us one better. Here is a mini-HOWTO giving generalized parts and construction information for our cluster. | ||||||
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