2009/4/20 Tomislav Maric <tomislav.ma...@gmx.com>: > Hi everyone, > > I'm a mechanical engineering graduate student from Croatia (Europe :) and > I'm doing computational continuum mechanics simulations using OpenFOAM > (http://www.opencfd.co.uk/openfoam/).
Sounds good! > > I have a NOW (6 workstations) running OpenSUSE Linux at my disposal to > do what ever I want with it, and I'm thinking of beowulfing it. That is a great start! But you do not need to devote a lot of time to this. All you need to do is: a) allocate one machine as a 'head node' b) install the nfsserver package on this machine c) export /usr/local plus /opt as an NFS share - mount this on the other 7 workstations d) install OpenFoam under /usr/local e) install an MPI version under /usr/local or /opt - I would go for OpenMPI now http://www.opencfd.co.uk/openfoam/parallel1.4.html (do not go down the path of looking at Gamma, or indeed the old advice on Beowulf sites about channel bonding - you want to get this stuff up and running over the existing network) f) as a student you get to use the Intel compilers under a free development license g) if you want a fast network, buy eight decent gigabit cards - Intel e1000 probaby, and a small gigabit switch Learn how to launch your jobs using OpenMPI - there, you have a Beowulf! The thrust of my email is that you should nto concentrate on systems management/networking topology etc. You have all the kit to get OpenFoam running now - so go for it! And take my advice - if you are going for a job in the future, being able to say that 'I got OpenFoam up and running, and running some real cases on my home system" counts for a lot. Please let us know you you progress! John Hearns _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
