Beowulf Cluster Computing with Linux

Mit Press Pbk
ISBN: 978-0-262-69274-8
Verlag: Penguin Random House LLC

Buch, Englisch, 532 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 204 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 939 g

Reihe: Scientific and Engineering Com

Comprehensive guides to the latest Beowulf tools and methodologies.Beowulf clusters, which exploit mass-market PC hardware and software in conjunction with cost-effective commercial network technology, are becoming the platform for many scientific, engineering, and commercial applications. With growing popularity has come growing complexity. Addressing that complexity, Beowulf Cluster Computing with Linux and Beowulf Cluster Computing with Windows provide system users and administrators with the tools they need to run the most advanced Beowulf clusters. The book is appearing in both Linux and Windows versions in order to reach the entire PC cluster community, which is divided into two distinct camps according to the node operating system. Each book consists of three stand-alone parts. The first provides an introduction to the underlying hardware technology, assembly, and configuration. The second part offers a detailed presentation of the major parallel programming librairies. The third, and largest, part describes software infrastructures and tools for managing cluster resources. This includes some of the most popular of the software packages available for distributed task scheduling, as well as tools for monitoring and administering system resources and user accounts. Approximately 75% of the material in the two books is shared, with the other 25% pertaining to the specific operating system. Most of the chapters include text specific to the operating system. The Linux volume includes a discussion of parallel file systems.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sterling, Thomas

Gropp, William

Lusk, Ewing

Weitere Mitwirkende

Bell, Gordon

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Betriebssysteme Windows Betriebssysteme
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Betriebssysteme Linux Betriebssysteme, Open Source Betriebssysteme

Über Autor(innen)

Sterling, Thomas
Thomas Sterling is a Professor of Computer Science at Louisiana State University, a Faculty Associate at California Institute of Technology, and a Distinguished Visiting Scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Lusk, Ewing
Ewing Lusk is Argonne Distinguished Fellow Emeritus at Argonne National Laboratory.

Gropp, William
William Gropp is Director of the Parallel Computing Institute and Thomas M. Siebel Chair in Computer Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Thomas Sterling is Senior Staff Scientist in the High Performance Computing Systems Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.