informIT: Building a Linux Cluster, Part 1: Why Bother?

“But we need to ask the question, ‘Is mainstream IT (or my
organization) ready for Linux clusters?’ Building any kind of
cluster solution, whether or not it’s a Linux cluster, can be a
difficult undertaking. Based on other complex projects, we might
well remember the Man in Black from William Goldman’s The
Princess Bride (Ballantine Books), when he tells the princess,
‘Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who tells you differently is
selling something.’ Cluster-based solutions are challenging; anyone
who tells you differently is probably not tied directly to the
project…”

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