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How to build a Beowulf : a guide to the implementation and application of PC clusters

Title
How to build a Beowulf : a guide to the implementation and application of PC clusters / Thomas L. Sterling [and others].
Publication
Cambridge, Mass : MIT Press, [1999], ©1999.

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Additional Authors
Sterling, Thomas Lawrence.
Description
xxi, 239 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Scientific and engineering computation series
Uniform Title
Scientific and engineering computation.
Subject
  • Parallel computers
  • Electronic data processing > Distributed processing
  • Beowulf clusters (Computer systems)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Overview of Beowulf Systems -- 3. Node Hardware -- 4. The Linux Operating System -- 5. Network Hardware and Software -- 6. Managing Ensembles -- 7. Parallel Applications -- 8. MPI - A User-level Message-passing Interface -- 9. Programming with MPI - A Detailed Example -- 10. Conclusions and Views.
ISBN
026269218X (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
98037596
OCLC
ocm39922617
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries