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developerWorks: Installing a Large Linux Cluster: Part 1: Introduction and Hardware Configuration

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 12, 2006

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“This is the first of multiple articles that cover the
installation and setup of a large Linux computer cluster. The aim
of the series is to bring together in one place up-to-date
information from various places in the public domain on the process
required to create a working Linux cluster from many separate
pieces of hardware and software. These articles are not intended,
however, to provide the basis for the complete design of a new
large Linux cluster…

“The first two parts of this series address the base
installation of the cluster and include an overview of the hardware
configuration and installation using the IBM systems management
software, Cluster Systems Management (CSM)…”


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Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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