High Performance Linux Clusters: With OSCAR, Rocks, openMosix, and MPI

by Joseph Sloan

Book Overview

To the outside world, a "supercomputer" appears to be a single system. In fact, it's a cluster of computers that share a local area network and have the ability to work together on a single problem as a team. Many businesses used to consider supercomputing beyond the reach of their budgets, but new Linux applications have made high-performance clusters more affordable than ever. These days, the promise of low-cost supercomputing is one of the main...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0596005709
• ISBN13: 9780596005702
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.6"