Cluster Computing - Architectures, Operating Systems, Parallel Processing & Programming Languages (v2.4) - Apr 2003 - S).pdf

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Architectures, Operating Systems, Parallel Processing &
Programming Languages
Author Name: Richard S. Morrison










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Synopsis & Acknolegdements
My interest in puting through the use of clusters has been long standing and was
initially sparked by an article in Electronic Design [33] in August 1998 on the Avalon Beowulf
Cluster [24].
Between August 1998 and August 1999 I gathered information from websites and parallel
research groups. This culminated in September 1999 when anised the collected material
and wove mon thread through the subject matter producing two handbooks for my own
use on puting. Each handbook is of considerable length, which was governed by
the wealth of information and research conducted in this area over the last 5 years. The cover
the handbooks are shown in Figure 1-1 below.


Figure 1-1 – piled Beowulf Class 1 Handbooks
Through my experimentation using the Linux Operating system and the undertaking of the
University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) undergraduate subject Operating Systems in Autumn
Semester 1999 with Noel Carmody, a systems level focus was developed and is the core
element of this material contained in this document.
This led to my membership to the IEEE and the IEEE mittee on Parallel
Processing, where I am able to gather and contribute information and be kept up to date on the
latest issues.
My initial interest in the topic has developed into a very practical as well as detailed theoretical
knowledge. In Autumn semester 2001 I undertook to tutor the UTS Operati