Re: [OMPI users] [OT] Newbie seeks clarification about Parallel Computing Terminologies

2007-10-08 Thread Amit Kumar Saha
On 10/8/07, Bill Rankin wrote: > > Yes, you have created a cluster. > > More information on general parallel/cluster computing topics can be > found at the Beowulf website: > > http://www.beowulf.org/ > > Hope this helps, > Thanks, bill! -- Amit Kumar Saha *NetBeans Community Docs Coordinator*

Re: [OMPI users] [OT] Newbie seeks clarification about Parallel Computing Terminologies

2007-10-08 Thread Bill Rankin
Hi Amit, Among these, the term that actually _fascinated_ me is a "cluster". What I would like to know is- what can be called a cluster? and what cannot be? I tested my parallel search program using using 4-nodes running Linux and Open MPI. So have I implemented a Linux cluster? Yes, you ha

[OMPI users] [OT] Newbie seeks clarification about Parallel Computing Terminologies

2007-10-06 Thread Amit Kumar Saha
Hello all My experience in Parallel Computing is a mere 2 months. During these period, I have successfully managed to get some hands-on experience with Open MPI and PVM. One of my major work has been implementing a straightforward "Parallel Search" problem using MPI, which I have done successfully