RE: NT parallel cluster

 And if you need to use NT functionality you might want
 to install VMWARE on top of linux (http://www.vmware.com)
 and NT on top of vmware.
 Then you can:
 (1) use all 6 PC as a linux cluster
 (2) use NT functionality without rebooting
     while all your heavy-duty-parallel-number-crunching
     is running happily in the background.
 (3) kill virtual machine when you are done with your
     NT task in order to have more CPU for number crunching
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 -----Original Message-----
 From: Gary Strahan [mailto:strahan |-at-|
 outerbanks.umaryland.edu]
 Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 9:55 AM
 To: Bhupendra Wakankar; CCL_posting
 Subject: CCL:NT parallel cluster
 Another option:  You should be able to reboot your NT machines using a
 Linux boot-floppy, and then run calculations on them as part of a Linux
 cluster.
 Bhupendra Wakankar wrote:
 > Subject: CCL:NT parallel cluster
 > Dear CCLers,
 > Hi.
 >
 > We have 6 computers in our lab (4 running on WINNT and 2 on RedHat 6.0).
 > I use the Linux PC's for my computations while the 4 NT PC's stay
 > relatively idle. All these PC's are fairly powerful (> 400MHz
 > multiprocessor Pentiums) and thus have untapped number crunching power.
 > I am wondering if it is possible to build a parallel cluster using these
 > 4 NT PC's (and better still, using all 6 PC's).
 >
 > Almost all network of PC clusters that I read about on the web run under
 > Linux. Is there any particular reason for not choosing NT (lack of
 > parallel programs perhaps ?).
 >
 > I would also like to know if there are any DFT programs (parallel/single
 > processor, free/commercial) running on Windows NT?
 >
 > Thanks in advance,
 >
 > Regards,
 > Bhupendra
 >
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