 Clustering Supplement
2003
Features
The Secrets of openMosix • Richard
Ferri
Ferri examines how the openMosix project can provide the single system illusion
with regard to process management and node addition and fulfill the promise of
an open, scalable, commodity cluster solution.
Introducing the OpenSSI Project •
Richard Ferri and Brian J. Watson
Ferri and Watson describe the OpenSSI project — an open source project
that addresses three major issues of clustering: high availability, scalability,
and manageability.
Beowulf Batch Processors and Job Schedulers
• Edward L. Haletky and Patrick Lampert
The authors review seven different queuing engines that can manage your resources,
schedule jobs, and even interlock runs based on execution dependencies.
Questions and Answers • Amy
Rich
Building the Perfect Cluster: Choices that
Can Save Your Sanity • Håkon Bugge
Bugge discusses some choices to consider when building a cluster from the ground
up.
Data-Sharing Architectures in the Linux Data
Center • Matthew O’Keefe
This article examines the trends influencing the adoption of Linux clusters in
the data center and describes some of the advantages of data-sharing Linux clusters.
Industrial Strength Cluster Security for
an Open Source Price • Neil Gorsuch
Gorsuch describes the deployment of an industrial strength open source firewall
solution based on an easily configurable packet-filtering compiler system for
clusters.
Data Replication in High Availability Clusters
• Nelson Yount
Yount provides some details of how data replication can provide access to application
data on multiple systems in HA clusters.
Integrating Linux Clusters into the Grid
• Ian Lumb and Chris Smith
The authors examine grid computing and provide an overview of the convergence
between the grid and Web services within the Open Grid Services Architecture.
Technology Papers
Make Your Business Accelerate with High Performance
Computing Solutions • MSC Software
ISS Is Going Gangbusters Over Linux Partnerships
for High Performance Computing • HP Partners
Building High-Performance Computing Clusters with Intel® Architecture:
Planning HPC Clusters • Intel Corporation
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