Construct COW Based on MPICH in Linux Environment

Parallel computing has been applied extensively in many areas nowadays. COW (cluster of workstations) based on MPICH in Linux OS (operating system) is a cheap and efficient approach for implementing parallel computing. In this paper, a COW based on MPICH is constructed under the environment of Linux; the detailed process for software configuration is also discussed. Finally, a matrix multiplication parallel algorithm is executed to test the COW and the test result shows that the COW works stably and normally.