Comments on: Cluster Urban Legends: Build Your Cluster With Facts Not Fiction http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3534/ Open Source, Open Standards Sat, 05 Oct 2013 13:48:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: richardpickett http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3534/#comment-4282 richardpickett Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3534/#comment-4282 I try to digg this article and digg says it doesn't seem to be a working URL. I try to digg this article and digg says it doesn’t seem to be a working URL.

]]> By: jtcornett http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3534/#comment-4283 jtcornett Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3534/#comment-4283 Good article. The analogies are excellent. The point with the software being designed to work within a cluster is similar to the whether some piece of software was designed to work well with multiple processors, do more work by splitting the task into small pieces and letting each processor work on that piece, e.g. video codecs. If the video encoder wasn't designed to use multiple threads, then it can not take advantage of multiple processors, i.e. multiprocessor machines, dual-core, quad-core. However some newer codecs, i.e. x264 can, and encoding time is cut almost in half on a dual core processor compared with a similar single core processor running at the same clock speed. There are other similar factors going on inside the machine, latency and bandwidth, just like with the cluster. Good article. The analogies are excellent. The point with the software being designed to work within a cluster is similar to the whether some piece of software was designed to work well with multiple processors, do more work by splitting the task into small pieces and letting each processor work on that piece, e.g. video codecs. If the video encoder wasn’t designed to use multiple threads, then it can not take advantage of multiple processors, i.e. multiprocessor machines, dual-core, quad-core. However some newer codecs, i.e. x264 can, and encoding time is cut almost in half on a dual core processor compared with a similar single core processor running at the same clock speed. There are other similar factors going on inside the machine, latency and bandwidth, just like with the cluster.

]]> By: scubanator87 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3534/#comment-4284 scubanator87 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3534/#comment-4284 "I've got a Beowulf cluster of atomic supermen."<br /> <br /> http://www.ubergeek.tv/article.php?pid=54 “I’ve got a Beowulf cluster of atomic supermen.”

http://www.ubergeek.tv/article.php?pid=54

]]> By: txomix http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3534/#comment-4285 txomix Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3534/#comment-4285 Nice article! I enjoyed reading it!<br /> On the point of software being designed especially to work within a cluster, I remember something called mosix and afterwards openmosix that _aparently_ let you use any application within a cluster automagically. Does anyone know this type of cluster? Nice article! I enjoyed reading it!
On the point of software being designed especially to work within a cluster, I remember something called mosix and afterwards openmosix that _aparently_ let you use any application within a cluster automagically. Does anyone know this type of cluster?

]]> By: monitor128 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3534/#comment-4286 monitor128 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3534/#comment-4286 oh! very gold. i like it. thanks oh! very gold. i like it. thanks

]]> By: bronson http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3534/#comment-4287 bronson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3534/#comment-4287 Good article. Shame about the subscription requirement... The PHBs who really need to read this article would never take the time to sign up. Good article. Shame about the subscription requirement… The PHBs who really need to read this article would never take the time to sign up.

]]> By: suntzutao http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3534/#comment-4288 suntzutao Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3534/#comment-4288 Excellent article, well written, witty, and informative. I have been interested in the idea of cluster computing for years, but until recently have decided to start acquiring the hardware. Your article dispelled some fallacies and a possible expensive start.<br /> thank you Excellent article, well written, witty, and informative. I have been interested in the idea of cluster computing for years, but until recently have decided to start acquiring the hardware. Your article dispelled some fallacies and a possible expensive start.
thank you

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