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Linux clusters scale better and cost less
News Financial institutions are also using Linux clusters as small as eight nodes to run complex portfolio simulations and risk analysis, according to hardware and software vendors that include Dell and Sistina (a provider of file system and volume...
[November 4, 2002, 11:43]
Linux Clusters White Paper
White Papers High-availability solutions for Linux clusters are now available from several Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), and span a range of capability and complexity. Clusters have been devised, formally or informally, from many types of systems.
[November 26, 2007, 1:52]
Linux clusters head to the datacentre
News He also commented on the improved efficiencies of using clusters: "The old approach to reliability was to have a mainframe running your application, and if anything went wrong, you would switch over to another identical mainframe which is...
[April 3, 2003, 9:48]
An Information Flow Based Security Model for Linux Clusters
White Papers This model is initially proposed for Linux clusters and it can be further extended to other distributed networks. With the increasing use of clusters and distributed networks in industry, research, and scientific discoveries, security issues are...
[April 1, 2007, 1:00]
Simulations of Flows Around Vehicles With Linux Clusters
White Papers Such simulations are made possible with introduction of cost-efficient Linux clusters. The paper presents a review of the work in this field from the pioneering simulations on expensive sheared memory parallel computers to computations on Opteron...
[February 4, 2009, 23:00]
The MOSIX2 Management System for Linux Clusters and Organizational Grids
White Papers MOSIX Version 2 (MOSIX2) for Linux-2.6 is a management system for clusters and organizational grids. MOSIX is implemented as a software layer that provides applications with an unmodified Linux run-time environment.
[May 18, 2007, 1:00]
Performance Considerations for Network Switch Fabrics on Linux Clusters
White Papers In this paper the authors investigate the necessity of a high speed interconnect for Linux based clusters and the performance differences between Myrinet and Ethernet connected networks. The authors benchmark applications and network performance in...
[April 1, 2007, 1:00]
Nswap: A Network Swapping Module for Linux Clusters
White Papers This paper presents Nswap, a network swapping system for heterogeneous Linux clusters and networks of Linux machines. These applications will perform better on clusters with network swapping support. Nswap is implemented as a loadable kernel module...
[October 1, 2008, 1:01]
Big Blue picks Linux for clusters
News IBM has begun selling Linux servers grouped into "clusters", which share workloads and ensure computing is completed even if a single server crashes. IBM is selling Linux clusters based on software from Steeleye Technology, Mission Critical Linux...
[November 14, 2001, 12:07]
Architecting Linux High-Availability Clusters - Part 2
White Papers In the past, clusters for high-availability (HA) solutions were expensive and usually required proprietary hardware and software support. Today, with the availability of Linux HA software solutions, users can build a cost-effective, high...
[June 18, 2009, 14:28]
Deploying Oracle Database 10g R2 Standard Edition Real Application Clusters With Novell SuSe Linux Enterprise Server 10 on Dell PowerEdge Servers, Dell PowerVault and DellEMC Storage
White Papers This white paper provides an architectural overview and configuration guidelines for deploying a two node Oracle 10g R2 Standard Edition Real Application Clusters (RAC) database with Novell SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 on Dell PowerEdge servers...
[August 15, 2009, 1:20]
Oracle Database 10g Release 2 With Real Application Clusters Installation With SUSE Enterprise Linux 10 and NetApp Storage
White Papers The database is Oracle Database 10g Release 2 Real Application Clusters (Oracle10gR2 RAC) with Oracle Cluster Ready Services (Oracle CRS). This technical report covers the installation of NetApp storage in a Network File System (NFS) environment...
[August 31, 2007, 1:00]
Oracle10g Real Application Clusters Release 2 Install With Power Linux (SUSE9) and NetApp Storage
White Papers The database is Oracle10g Real Application Clusters release 2 (hereafter referred to as Oracle10gR2 RAC) with Oracle Cluster Ready Services (hereafter referred to as Oracle CRS). This paper covers the installation of NetApp storage in NFS...
[May 11, 2007, 1:00]
Using Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS to Achieve Highly Available, Load-Balanced Clusters
White Papers This white paper describes how these features can be combined with Dell PowerEdge servers and other components to achieve high availability and high performance in clusters. The Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS operating system integrates Cluster...
[June 18, 2009, 14:40]
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Using Oracle Real Application Clusters on IBM BladeCenter Running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and IBM System Storage DS3400
White Papers This paper discusses the necessary steps to prepare for and successfully install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 32-bit and Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition with Oracle Real Application Clusters 32-bit on IBM BladeCenter servers and IBM System...
[June 12, 2008, 1:01]
Xbox clusters up at Linux Expo
Talkback My results with the distributed.net RC5-72 challenge: Xbox running Ed's debian: 1.5 million keys/second. Dual Xeon 2.8GHz: 7.8 million keys/second. Therefore 5 Xboxes (total $750) would perform the same amount of computation as one Dual Xeon 2.8GHz...
[October 14, 2003, 18:23]
Xbox clusters up at Linux Expo
Talkback Perhaps a good use of such an XBox cluster would be to determine the private key MS uses to sign code.
[October 14, 2003, 14:19]
Xbox clusters up at Linux Expo
Talkback Microsoft Is Notorious For Bending The Law To Suit Itself Every Chance It Gets. Remember Windows 95? They Were Mass Producing The First Aid programs For It Before They Started Selling It To The Public.
[December 12, 2003, 2:07]
Xbox clusters up at Linux Expo
Talkback I don't think there's any doubt that modifying a customer's computer system without prior authorization is a federal crime. The problem is that the federal prosecutors do not work to protect the people against criminals, but rather to protect more...
[October 14, 2003, 17:48]
ParaScale builds storage clouds from Linux clusters
News The software, once installed on any standard Linux platform, enables the server to be linked with others to act as one massive file repository that offers high parallel throughput. ParaScale, a start-up in developing cloud storage solutions...
[March 30, 2009, 14:24]
