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Linux Cluster Architecture (Kaleidoscope)
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by Alex Vrenios
Sales Rank: 866255
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List Price: $39.99
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Paperback: 264 pages
Publisher: Sams June 28, 2002
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0672323680
ISBN-13: 978-0672323683
Product Dimensions:
9.2 x 7.4 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces
Product Description
Cluster computers provide a low-cost alternative to multiprocessor systems for many applications. Building a cluster computer is within the reach of any computer user with solid C programming skills and a knowledge of operating systems, hardware, and networking. This book leads you through the design and assembly of such a system, and shows you how to mearsure and tune its overall performance.
A cluster computer is a multicomputer, a network of node computers running distributed software that makes them work together as a team. Distributed software turns a collection of networked computers into a distributed system. It presents the user with a single-system image and gives the system its personality. Software can turn a network of computers into a transaction processor, a supercomputer, or even a novel design of your own.
Some of the techniques used in this book's distributed algorithms might be new to many readers, so several of the chapters are dedicated to such topics. You will learn about the hardware needed to network several PCs, the operating system files that need to be changed to support that network, and the multitasking and the interprocess communications skills needed to put the network to good use.
Finally, there is a simple distributed transaction processing application in the book. Readers can experiment with it, customize it, or use it as a basis for something completely different.
Download Description
Cluster computers provide a low-cost alternative to multiprocessor systems for many applications. Building a cluster computer is within the reach of any computer user with solid C programming skills and a knowledge of operating systems, hardware, and networking. This book leads you through the design and assembly of such a system, and shows you how to mearsure and tune its overall performance. A cluster computer is a multicomputer, a network of node computers running distributed software that makes them work together as a team. Distributed software turns a collection of networked computers into a distributed system. It presents the user with a single-system image and gives the system its personality. Software can turn a network of computers into a transaction processor, a supercomputer, or even a novel design of your own. Some of the techniques used in this book's distributed algorithms might be new to many readers, so several of the chapters are dedicated to such topics. You will learn about the hardware needed to network several PCs, the operating system files that need to be changed to support that network, and the multitasking and the interprocess communications skills needed to put the network to good use. Finally, there is a simple distributed transaction processing application in the book. Readers can experiment with it, customize it, or use it as a basis for something completely different.
Customer Reviews & Comments
This book was a let-down from what was expected. It was a book only really explaining the basic theory. Most of which a competant sysadmin knows already - Large arrows pointing out what an RJ45 port looks like on a computer for example. This was contrasted by the fact that over 1/8th of the book is C sourcecode. The technology discussed, both hardware and software seems out of date: does anyone still use a liunx 2.0.30 kernel? Overall, the book was far too superficial and lacking in practical aspects of building a cluster and the availability of any software out there to help you.
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