Re: Building a linux cluster with 2 machines

From: 7 (website_has_email_at_www.ecu.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk)
Date: 01/15/05 

Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 05:07:56 GMT

GVK wrote:

> Hello,
> I currently have 2 machines. One is a brand new AMD64 with 512MB DDR
> and other is a 600MHz Celeron with 64MB memory. Since I'm not using the
> celeron these days, is there a simple way to connect both my systems
> together and get better performance? I have some idea of basic
> networking. I tried google but that stuff just flies over my head :(
>
> GVK

The 64Mb machine might cause problems - you will end up
needing 128Mb (swap space is OK, but very slow). You can pick
up the necessary memory as its very cheap from computer fairs.

After that, you can use clusterknoppix LiveCD to boot up PC.
The PCs talk to each other and do load balancing.
You can look it all up through google searching for OpenMosix.
Others are available. This link gives a few..
http://www.frozentech.com/content/livecd.php
After booting, you can install LiveCD b typing
sudo knoppix-installer
and follow instructions to install.