Beowulf cluster out of SGIs?

Bjorn Ljungdahl · *nix forums beginner Joined: 16 May 2005 Posts: 43

Hi
Has anyone built a Beowulf cluster out of SGIs?
Can it be done or is it just to much work? Maybe it must
be based on Linux.
I've been reading a lot of Beowulf cluster sites but
most are PCs with Linux, some are Alphas with Linux.
This could be a nice project for a bunch of old Indys
in my basement if I only found some starting info.
/Bjorn

Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler · *nix forums beginner Joined: 16 May 2005 Posts: 1

In article <19ih81ho16sqn9u7bn7il0714s9ichadk2@4ax.com>,
Bjorn Ljungdahl <bjorn.ljungdahl@telia.nospam.com> wrote:

: Has anyone built a Beowulf cluster out of SGIs?

A few people here and there.

<http://www.lanl.gov/asci/bluemtn/>

Cheers - Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler :)

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Bjorn Ljungdahl · *nix forums beginner Joined: 16 May 2005 Posts: 43

Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler <nicoya@ubb.ca> wrote:

Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler · *nix forums beginner Joined: 19 May 2005 Posts: 1

In article <m0gp81lpkccuek1k8b1e04ejpihc81ts6c@4ax.com>,
Bjorn Ljungdahl <bjorn.ljungdahl@telia.nospam.com> wrote:

: Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler <nicoya@ubb.ca> wrote:
:
: >In article <19ih81ho16sqn9u7bn7il0714s9ichadk2@4ax.com>,
: > Bjorn Ljungdahl <bjorn.ljungdahl@telia.nospam.com> wrote:
: >
: >: Has anyone built a Beowulf cluster out of SGIs?
: >
: >A few people here and there.
: >
: ><http://www.lanl.gov/asci/bluemtn/>
: >
: Thanks. So bluemtn uses basically the same idea as
: a bunch of 'lowly' Indys connected together.

Yes. It's basically a cluster of 48 128p Origin2000 systems, using HIPPI rather
than Ethernet. The concept is basically the same though.

Cheers - Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler :)

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