Paper Info
Title
Experiences with Scientific Applications on an SCI-based Linux Cluster
Abstract
Today, clusters of PCs are powerful computing platforms offering an inexpensive alternative to traditional supercomputers. Besides the low price, the major reason for the emergence of PC clusters is the availability of a wealth of public domain as well as important commercial software on top of the Linux operating system. Furthermore, a PC cluster can be built in a modular fashion enabling a potential customer to perfectly meet his requirements. For instance, the number of nodes, the node types, and the network can be chosen. In this note, experiences with a SCI-based Linux cluster installed at the Computing Center of Aachen University of Technology are reported. Timing results for two different applications, a two-dimensional fast Fourier transform and a molecular dynamics simulation, are presented. Our experiences demonstrate the importance of a fast network when dealing with large-scale scientific applications on a Linux cluster.
Year
DOI
Venue
2000
10.1109/ICPPW.2000.869121
ICPP Workshops
Keywords
Field
DocType
scientific applications,different application,fast network,linux cluster,important commercial software,computing center,pc cluster,linux operating system,inexpensive alternative,aachen university,sci-based linux cluster,chemistry,molecular dynamics simulation,application software,fast fourier transforms,fast fourier transform,operating systems,operating system,computational modeling,linux,public domain
Linux Unified Key Setup,Cluster (physics),Public domain,Computer science,Commercial software,Fast Fourier transform,Modular design,Workstation clusters,Computer cluster,Operating system
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
0-7695-0771-9
0
0.34
References 
Authors
2
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
H. Martin Bücker122343.76
Bernhard Eck2122.29
Jörg Henrichs351.28