covers everything a newcomer to clustering will need to plan, build, and
deploy a high-performance Linux cluster. The book focuses on clustering
for high-performance computation, although much of its information also
applies to clustering for high-availability (failover and disaster recovery).
The book discusses the key tools you'll need to get started, including
good practices to use while exploring the tools and growing a system.
You'll learn about planning, hardware choices, bulk installation of Linux on multiple systems, and other basic considerations. Then you'll learn about software options that can save you hours--or even weeks--of
deployment time.
Since a wide variety of options exist in each area of clustering software, the author discusses the pros and cons of the major free software projects and chooses those that are most likely to be helpful to new cluster administrators and programmers. A few of the projects introduced in the book include:
-MPI, the most popular programming library for clusters; includes simple but realistic introductory examples along with some pointers for advanced use -OSCAR and Rocks, two comprehensive installation and administrative systems -openMosix (a convenient tool for distributing jobs), Linux kernel extensions that migrate processes transparently for load balancing -PVFS, one of the parallel filesystems that make clustering I/O easier -C3, a set of commands for administering multiple systems
Ganglia, OpenPBS, and cloning tools (Kickstart, SIS and G4U) are also covered. The book looks at cluster installation packages (OSCAR and Rocks) and then considers the core packages individually for greater depth or for folks wishing to do a custom installation. Guidelines for debugging, profiling, performance tuning, and managing jobs from multiple users round out this immensely useful book.
To order your copy or for more information, see: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/highperlinuxc/ or call 1-800-998-9938 or email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
High Performance Linux Clusters with OSCAR, Rocks, OpenMosix, and MPI Joseph D. Sloan Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0-596-00570-9, 367 pages, $39.95 US, $57.95 CA http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/highperlinuxc/
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