Linux Clustering.

jokar.mohsen · 04-28-2012, 02:44 AM

Hello All.
how can i cluster two PC together?
If possible please show me good book or document.

Thanks.
Regards.

em31amit · 04-28-2012, 09:18 AM

start with redhat cluster, it has GUI interface too to configure it.

docs.redhat.com have all the documents for cluster and Cluster Storage.

---------- Post added 04-28-12 at 07:48 PM ----------

either you can also use centos for it. total same.

jefro · 04-28-2012, 11:31 AM

I might suggest Rocks.

Problem is that you would have little use for a cluster unless you have special software.

btmiller · 04-28-2012, 06:33 PM

It really depends on what the cluster is to be used for. Most clusters are made for either high availability (so one service can keep running even if hardware or software fails) or for high performance computing (running a calculation in parallel across many CPUs in separate machines). Without knowing what kind of cluster the OP wants, it's impossible to give coherent advice.

jokar.mohsen · 04-28-2012, 11:40 PM

Hello All.
I want make a cluster for rendering a movie.
Red hat is good but it is commercial

i need a free distro that can be used as Clustering.
Can you offer me a good book ?
I saw in amazon some books about Linux Clustering,which one is good?

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...nux+clustering

Thanks.

em31amit · 04-29-2012, 12:23 PM

Centos can be used in this case .. but clustering totally depends on your application needs. If you need active active or active passive than go for centos + cluster which is included in centos DVD . Else if you need a HPC than centos + Oscar (open-source cluster of HPC) .

Books also depends on what type of clustering you required. I am not sure how and which application you used on systems for rendering a movie. Totally depends on you want a high availablebility of applications or high processing of a application

btmiller · 04-29-2012, 02:19 PM

Sounds like the OP just needs a render farm. Such a thing can be built on top of virtually any distro; I agree that CentOS would be a good choice. Debian, Ubuntu Server, and many other would also work. Google has a bunch of pages on how to build a render farm, e.g. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...node,2340.html .

I would not necessarily recommend buying books on clustering; they're generally too old and out of date to be much practical use.