Clustering Technologies
What makes a bunch of computers on a network to become a
computational cluster:
Single system Image (SSI).
For example, OpenMosix. SSI is smart system
software that spreads operating system functions across systems and involves
modifications of the Linux kernel.
OR/AND
Single System Environment (SSE)
A smart system software that runs in
user space as layered service. SSE includes, for example:
API libraries for programming, such as PVM and MPI
Queue scheduling system (for example, LSF, Condor, PBS and Grid Engine )
Examples of computational software utilizing MPI:
FLUENT (Fluid Dynamics and Heat transfer)
GASP (Gas Dynamics)
AMBER (Molecular dynamics)
NAMD (Molecular dynamics)
GROMACS (Molecular dynamics)
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