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“Imagine your garage filled with dozens of computers all
linked together in a super-powerful Linux cluster. You still have
to supply your own hardware, but the geek equivalent of a Mustang
GT will become easier to set up and maintain, thanks to new
software to be demonstrated at LinuxWorld next week.”
“The Open Source Cluster Applications Resources (OSCAR)
software, being developed by the Open Cluster Group, will allow a
non-expert Linux user to set up a cluster in a matter of hours,
instead of the days of work it now can take an experienced network
administrator to piece one together. Developers of OSCAR are saying
it’ll be as easy as installing most software. Call it a
“supercomputer on a CD.”
“We’ve actually taken it to the point where a typical high
school kid who has a little bit of experience with Linux and can
get their hands on a couple of extra boxes could set up a cluster
at home,” says Stephen L. Scott, project leader at the Oak Ridge
National Laboratory, one of several organizations working on OSCAR.
“You can have a little supercomputer in your garage.”