On 7/4/06, Roger Filomeno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
So true, maybe a grid computing ready distro? Apple's G4 and macOSX says it can do this and once connected to the grid the compile time (eg for Java) goes down almost to 1/100. I'd love that to be readily available for FC..
I was about to do this in my thesis, but I didn't think it would make sense especially if you already have the capability to set up a grid/cluster using any distro out there. The stuff that you need really are three things: 1) networked computers running Linux or <insert other open source operating system here> 2) an MPI implementation (you can also use PVM, but that's old and awkward) 3) a program that's MPI aware which you can run in your MPI cluster/grid. Maybe you'll look into Globus too, but creating a distro for this purpose is 1) Too much work 2) Pointless (IMO) 3) Too easy to get wrong So I would suggest that you use a modern Linux distro then install either MPI or PVM, and even some cluster management software if you intend to run a cluster yourself. Just my $0.02 -- Dean Michael C. Berris C/C++ Software Architect Orange and Bronze Software Labs http://3w-agility.blogspot.com/ http://cplusplus-soup.blogspot.com/ Mobile: +639287291459 Email: dean [at] orangeandbronze [dot] com _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
