The Beowulf class of parallel computing machine started as a small research project at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s Center of Excellence in Space Data and Information Sciences (CESDIS). From that work evolved a new class of scalable machine comprised of mass market common off-the-shelf components (MCOTS) using a freely available operating system and industry-standard software packages. A ...

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Beowulf workstations have become a popular choice for high-end computing in a number of application domains. One of the key building blocks of parallel applications on Beowulf workstations is a message passing library. While there are message passing library implementations available for use on Beowulf workstations, as of yet none have been specifically tailored to this new, unique architecture...

We present a new twist to the Beowulf cluster — the Bladed Beowulf. In contrast to traditional Beowulfs which typically use Intel or AMD processors, our Bladed Beowulf uses Transmeta processors in order to keep thermal power dissipation low and reliability and density high while still achieving comparable performance to Inteland AMD-based clusters. Given the ever increasing complexity of tradit...

Beowulf systems are high performance computers constructed from commodity hardware connected by a private internal network and running an open source operating system infrastructure. This tutorial will cover design, installation, deployment and running Beowulf clusters. It will be focused on the Scyld Beowulf system, and will include specific examples and a complete cluster installation CD-ROM.

We present a new twist to the Beowulf cluster — the Bladed Beowulf. In contrast to traditional Beowulfs which typically use Intel or AMD processors, our Bladed Beowulf uses Transmeta processors in order to keep thermal power dissipation low and reliability and density high while still achieving comparable performance to Inteland AMD-based clusters. Given the ever increasing complexity of tradit...