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Don't have time to read the Beowulf List Archives. No problem, our resident List Lurker (and contributor) Jeff Layton has you covered. Our Best of the Beowulf List column provides a convenient readers Digest Version with important links!

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The answer is: Aspects of Cluster Management, network bandwidth in clusters (extremely good information here), Intel EM64T code and Opterons, and PVFS on a medium size cluster

The Beowulf mailing list provides detailed discussions about issues concerning Linux HPC clusters. In this article I review some postings to the Beowulf list on aspects of cluster management, network bandwidth in clusters (with some extremely good information), Intel EM64T code and Opterons, and PVFS on a medium size cluster.

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"Clusters of Bare Motherboards" -- Jeff's new rock band

The Beowulf mailing list provides detailed discussions about issues concerning Linux HPC clusters. In this article I review some postings to the Beowulf list on clusters of bare motherboards and choosing a high-speed interconnect.

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The Orion desktop cluster, low-power processors, and distros for newbies.

The Beowulf mailing list provides detailed discussions about issues concerning Linux HPC clusters. In this article I review some postings to the Beowulf list on the new (at the time) Orion desktop cluster which brings up some observations about low-power processors in clusters, and what Linux distribution people recommend for starting out with clusters.

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The Beowulf list discusses rsh vs. ssh (again), using Raw Ethernet (a Neandertal approach?), and Cluster Computing Courses

The Beowulf mailing list provides detailed discussions about issues concerning Linux HPC clusters. In this article I review some postings to the Beowulf list on rsh vs ssh, using raw Ethernet, and cluster computing courses.

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Cluster mechanicals and cluster distros - Me likes!

The Beowulf mailing list provides detailed discussions about issues concerning Linux HPC clusters. In this article I review some postings to the Beowulf list on using single power supplies for multiple nodes, a discussion about cooling and general machine room topics, and about cluster distribution concepts.

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  1. KVM to nodes and Fedora Cluster Project?
  2. Benchmarking and Windows HPC Edition - Redux
  3. Power Usage and GigE Switches - Let's Talk
  4. User Authentication and Disk Monitoring Discussions
  5. RAID and File Systems Discussions
  6. Grids, disks, directories, and Weird OS tricks (wheee!)
  7. Cluster Cooling, Noise and Benchmark Timing
  8. SATA drives, benchmarks, booting from USB
  9. Grids, Ganglia Metrics, IO, and UML
  10. Cluster Noise and Clock Resolution
  11. Gigabit Switches, Channel Bonding, Opterons, and Large Memory Allocations
  12. Storage, Benchmarks, and USB Booting
  13. Wake-on-Lan, Processor Benchmarking, and File System Benchmarks
  14. Cluster Environments
  15. Autonegotiation, Diskless, PVFS, Multicast Discussions

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