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<DIV>Hi,<BR><BR>We have tools to automatically build a diskless clusters
for you. please look at SCE project.<BR><A
href="http://prg.cpe.ku.ac.th/research/sce">http://prg.cpe.ku.ac.th/research/sce</A><BR><BR>Regards,<BR><BR><FONT
face=Arial size=2>Thara</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:archanam@infovation.com" title=archanam@infovation.com>Archana
Mallajosyula</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:beowulf@beowulf.org"
title=beowulf@beowulf.org>beowulf@beowulf.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, July 21, 2001 7:27
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> beowulf cluster
configuration.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi All,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a query regarding establishing a Beowulf
cluster.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My company wants to create a cluster using a set
of PCs. I am new to this project, and from what I've seen so far, we need to
configure one of the PCs as a Front-end and the rest work in a client
capacity. correct me if I am wrong.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now assuming the above architecture, I need to
know, will we need Linux(RedHat,SuSe,etc) installed on all our PCs in the
cluster or is it sufficient to install it on the main (front end) machine.
Also, how does Beowulf work? Do we need to install a RedHat/Suse version
of Linux (which Beowulf will perform kernel modifcations on)or does Beowulf
have its own Linux that can be installed?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I hope to get some replies soon, as I am really
struggling to find these answers. </FONT>I have just subscribed to the group,
so please point out if this issue has previously been addressed.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks in advance,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Archana</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>