Moku
29th August 2004, 08:09 PM
Hi Everyone,
I had a few questions about clusters, and the ability to have Fedora handle that type of cluster operation. In the past I've read about clusters that emulate super-computers, making the computer think that it has 32 processors, when In fact it's 16 dual processor machines; Thus giving the computer the ability to utilize each of those 32 processors the exact moment it needs the cycles. I'm looking at this cluster type as opposed to the load-balancing type of cluster, because I'm running a few CPU intensive applications that will need more power, as more time passes. I would like the ability to just "Add" more CPU availibility to the machine when needed, and a load balancing system just won't work.
1) Is this type of cluster feasable on a smaller budget?
2) Is it possible on Fedora, and if so with what hardware/software combonation would I need to use?
Thank's for the help everyone, I really appriciate it :) And a little FYI what i'm looking at using these with, all "Dell" Dual 2.8ghz Xeon servers - And it's for Gameservers. I'd prefer a "Primary" server which houses the data and whatnot, and all the other servers linked to it with the ability of the primary server to use all the other servers processors as extra CPU reasources. Saves me time by only having to use 1 server, each other server will need more CPU power than ram, also saving me money, and It will be easier to code shell scripts which just relate to 1 machine, as to a bunch. (Not to mention I don't have to go to 10 different machines to secure them correctly)
Rich
I had a few questions about clusters, and the ability to have Fedora handle that type of cluster operation. In the past I've read about clusters that emulate super-computers, making the computer think that it has 32 processors, when In fact it's 16 dual processor machines; Thus giving the computer the ability to utilize each of those 32 processors the exact moment it needs the cycles. I'm looking at this cluster type as opposed to the load-balancing type of cluster, because I'm running a few CPU intensive applications that will need more power, as more time passes. I would like the ability to just "Add" more CPU availibility to the machine when needed, and a load balancing system just won't work.
1) Is this type of cluster feasable on a smaller budget?
2) Is it possible on Fedora, and if so with what hardware/software combonation would I need to use?
Thank's for the help everyone, I really appriciate it :) And a little FYI what i'm looking at using these with, all "Dell" Dual 2.8ghz Xeon servers - And it's for Gameservers. I'd prefer a "Primary" server which houses the data and whatnot, and all the other servers linked to it with the ability of the primary server to use all the other servers processors as extra CPU reasources. Saves me time by only having to use 1 server, each other server will need more CPU power than ram, also saving me money, and It will be easier to code shell scripts which just relate to 1 machine, as to a bunch. (Not to mention I don't have to go to 10 different machines to secure them correctly)
Rich
