Beowulf Cluster Computing with Linux, Second Edition (Scientific and Engineering Computation) by William Gropp, Ewing Lusk, Thomas Sterling, Jon "maddog" Hall
Publisher: The MIT Press; 2nd edition (December 1, 2003) | ISBN: 0262692929 | CHM | 4,6 Mb | 504 pages
Use of Beowulf clusters (collections of off-the-shelf commodity computers programmed to act in concert, resulting in supercomputer performance at a fraction of the cost) has spread far and wide in the computational science community. Many application groups are assembling and operating their own "private supercomputers" rather than relying on centralized computing centers. Such clusters are used in climate modeling, computational biology, astrophysics, and materials science, as well as non-traditional areas such as financial modeling and entertainment. Much of this new popularity can be attributed to the growth of the open-source movement. The second edition of Beowulf Cluster Computing with Linux has been completely updated; all three stand-alone sections have important new material.