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Cluster Books

The following are clusters and programming books. Where possible the description includes a brief review. Some books are out of print, but you may still find used copies. If you have a book you would like to add to the list please let us know.

	Web Link	Hits
	HPC For Dummies (an ebook) by Douglas Eadline A short introduction to HPC, but not for dummies either! The ebook is available for free after registration. Get the essentials.	105
	Engineering a Beowulf-Style Compute Cluster by Robert G. Brown A freely available book on building/designing Beowulf style clusters.	799
	Building Clustered Linux Systems by Robert W. Lucke A very good overview of cluster computing methods and hardware. The book provides a rather wide coverage of options, but does not dive too deep into any one approach. It is somewhat HP focused as author works for HP. (648 Pages) ISBN: 0-13-144853-6	670
	The Linux Enterprise Cluster by Karl Kopper Focuses on the enterprise cluster (not HPC) and covers failover, heartbeat, load balancing, reliable printing/web server, and how to build a job scheduling system. Good coverage and examples. (464 pages) ISBN: 0-13-144853-6	535
	How to Build a Beowulf by Thomas Sterling, John Salmon, Donald J. Becker and Daniel F. Savarese The first book on Beowulf cluster computing. Published in 1999, it is now quite dated. Both hardware and software have moved past the text. It does provide good coverage of the issues facing the cluster builder. (261 pages) ISBN 0-262-69218-X	458
	Beowulf Cluster Computing with Linux, Second Edition by William Gropp, Ewing Lusk and Thomas Sterling Updated edition, now edited by William Gropp, Ewing Lusk (in addition to Sterling). Provides a good, but high level view of Linux clustering. This edition includes ROCKS and OSCAR coverage plus other important issues. (504 pages) ISBN 0-262-69292-9	499
	Beowulf Cluster Computing with Linux by Thomas Sterling The next book after "How to Build a Beowulf" by Tom Sterling. Coverage is much expanded, but now very high level as chapters are written by key players in the cluster community. (536 pages) ISBN 0-262-69274-0	519
	Beowulf Cluster Computing with Windows by Thomas Sterling Approximately 75% of the material in the same as the Linux book by Sterling (no file system coverage). If you need Windows clusters, start here, but using Linux is much easier and more flexible. (488 pages) ISBN 0-262-69275-9	439
	In Search of Clusters by Gregory Pfister A good (and very technical) book about the advantages of cluster archtectures. Also provides a very detailed analysis of programming modesl (608 pages) ISBN 0138997098 This book is seems to be out of print.	528
	High Performance Linux Clusters with OSCAR, Rocks, OpenMosix, and MPI by Joseph D. Sloan O'Reilly's second attempt at a Linux cluster book. Many feel this second attempt has missed the mark (again). (367 pages) ISBN: 0-596-00570-9	523
	Linux Cluster Architecture by Alex Vrenios Somewhat dated and non-standard approach (no real MPI or HPC coverage). Examples use four node cluster with 10BT Ethernet connected with a small hub. (264 pages) ISBN 0-672-32368-0 Seems to be out or print.	558
	Linux Clustering: Building and Maintaining Linux Clusters by Charles Bookman Short meandering book about clustering. Misses the mark and in some places is just plain wrong. Seems to be out of print. (228 pages) ISBN 1578702747	542

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