Linux Cluster

[javapenguin]

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Is it possible to cluster several slow computers so it will match the performance of a single new computer? Has anyone here got any experience in clustering Linux?

[cold_fusion]

Yes but you must use parallel programming to run it. Not the ordinary programming sense. You have to break tasks between 2 or more then assign each task to each node. The results are communicated back to the task manager and completes the process. This needs a good synchronization and communications system. Google for Beowulf.

[javapenguin]

Thanks cold fusion, seems like a complicated process. Do you have any experience using terracota cluster server?