Title :
Building a low-cost high-performance dynamic clustering system
Author :
Kehagias, D. ; Grivas, M. ; Meletiou, G. ; Pantziou, G. ; Sakellarios, B. ; Sterpis, D. ; Ximerakis, D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Informatics, Technol. Educ. Inst. of Athens, Greece
Abstract :
Clusters and networks of workstations (NoWs) offer a new, highly-available and cost-effective parallel computing paradigm. We present the architecture of a dynamic clustering system consisting of a Beowulf class cluster and a NoW, as well as our experience from constructing and using such a system, as an educational infrastructure and as a HPC.
Keywords :
parallel architectures; workstation clusters; Beowulf class cluster; HPC; NoW; dynamic clustering system; educational infrastructure; networks of workstations; parallel computing paradigm; Buildings; Computer architecture; Informatics; Local area networks; Operating systems; Parallel processing; Personal communication networks; Protocols; Switches; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Telecommunications in Modern Satellite, Cable and Broadcasting Service, 2003. TELSIKS 2003. 6th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7963-2
DOI :
10.1109/TELSKS.2003.1246298
