deathwarder Posted June 3, 2006 Share Posted June 3, 2006 I was wondering how to build a linux cluster? I have many spair computers in my house, and was wondering if by networking them together and installing linux, I could them to all act as seperate cpu's and additional ram to my main computer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XP_2600 Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 Check www.linuxvirtualserver.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allen2 Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 Also Openmosix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathwarder Posted June 4, 2006 Author Share Posted June 4, 2006 ok, I am going to be doing a lot of multitasking, and a lot of video/audio converting, which linux distribution is best? Howdo I use openmosix? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phkninja Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 openmosix is a good way to go. Basically its a patch for the linux kernel, so install your distro of choice and then download the kernel patch. when the patch is on the linux machine, you patch and recompile the kernel.The benefits of this system are that all linux programs run with it because its a linux kernel patch, so you can use your favourite audio/video software without having to patch it for distributed computing.If you want a really quick install use clusterknoppixhttp://openmosix.sourceforge.net/instant_o...x_clusters.htmlIts aon openmosix version of knoppix. Download the iso for the cd or dvd version, burn a copy for each machine and put the cd/dvd in the drive of each computer. Reboot and hey presto a distributed network (once they are all connected on a network)The only downfall to this method is it may not contain the software and codecs you require. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathwarder Posted June 4, 2006 Author Share Posted June 4, 2006 how do I install openMosix? What distribution meets my needs the best? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phkninja Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 (edited) Sorry I totally forgot about thishttp://www.dynebolic.org/its a cd based linux distro for mulitmedia creation. Then there is an articlehttp://dynebolic.org/manual/dynebolic-x171.en.htmlwhich shows you how to make a "render farm" using the cd in every machine.(information is on the site about running)or if you only want to run with one cd/dvd try thishttp://spot.river-styx.com/viewarticle.php?id=12This article tells you how to "install" the files on a hraddrive so you only need one cd. When you want to run your render farm you only need put the cd in the drive boot the computer and eject the disk.By doing either of these you can use neworked computers of any type as part of your render farm, but also means when you reboot the machine it will run like normal (meaning you can use both of these methods to run your render farm on windows based machines. So you reboot with the cd in the drive when you need to generate audio/video, but then remove the disk and reboot to go back to windows. This means you can use it on a network that may be required for another use from day to day. And also means you do not have to do a lenghty install process for each machine. Method 1 uses a cd for every machine, you put the cd in and reboot and the machine is automatically added to the cluster. Edited June 4, 2006 by phkninja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathwarder Posted June 4, 2006 Author Share Posted June 4, 2006 well I am really thinking of using this as a replacement for windows, at least for all of my non-linux gaming needs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathwarder Posted June 4, 2006 Author Share Posted June 4, 2006 also, I need it to support more hardware than what was listed, the other computers that will be in the cluster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XP_2600 Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 Well Shrek has been rendered in Red Hat, and they used about 300 clustered machines from HP, so i think Red Hat can do this job and also it have a wide support for hardware.http://www.linuxtoday.com/high_performance...042003326NWHESW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathwarder Posted June 5, 2006 Author Share Posted June 5, 2006 isnt redhat expensive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phkninja Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 Fedora is red aht without the cost. Download ferdora and its exactly the same underlying package. there are a few utilites that may not be in it that are in red hat but it contains most of the functionality of red hat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathwarder Posted June 5, 2006 Author Share Posted June 5, 2006 thanks, I will post here asking for further instructions once that is done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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