Beowulf Cluster Computing with Linux, Second Edition

Edited by William Gropp,

Ewing Lusk, and

Thomas Sterling

The MIT Press

Cambridge , Massachusetts London, England

Copyright 2002, 2003 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

 Beowulf Cluster Computing with Linux / edited by William Gropp, Ewing Lusk, and   Thomas Sterling.—2nd ed.     p. cm.—(Scientific and engineering computation)   Includes bibliographical references and index. 

ISBN 0-262-69292-9 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1. Parallel computers. 2. Beowulf clusters (Computer systems) 3. Linux. I. Gropp, William. II. Lusk, Ewing. III. Sterling, Thomas Lawrence. IV. Series.

QA76.58.B46 2003

004'.35-dc22 2003059364

Dedicated with respect and appreciation to the memory of Seymour R. Cray

1925–1996