2-machine cluster setup

[John M. TenEyck]

I believe this would probably be used in conjunction with channel bonding
for better throughput.

John TenEyck

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On Fri, 11 Jun 1999, dan stanescu wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> we're wondering if anyone can give us an advice re. the SAN
> for a 2-node beowulf. Since no switch/hub is necessary,
> I thought only one cross-over Ethernet cable would be
> enough. I saw however that some vendors use two cross-over cables,
> with 2 NICs per node only for the SAN. I wonder what the benefits
> of that would be?
> 
> Thanks for any advice,
> 
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