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Old 15th May 2008
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Originally Posted by bsdnewbie999 View Post
I wanted to build a Beowulf cluster but i have no idea how should i start. I know the nodes communicate by message passing. I have openmpi and mpich ports installed.
It all depends on what kind of application you want to run. Will you be doing serial or parallel computing? Will you be the only one using the cluster or will a few / a lot of users will use it?

There is no 100% specific and definite software stack you can install. It all depends on your needs.
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