From: Randy Crawford <rlc@ncsa.uiuc.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.parallel
Subject: Re: Sorry if OT but I need some info on parallell computing
Date: 9 May 1999 04:47:53 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Odesit wrote:
> Hi I see that this NG is not visited that often.. I was looking for
> some generic web sites about parallel more specifically cluster
> computing. I am looking for history in general of it, some basics of
> it, future trands. If I can find out tips on how to build one, it
> would be AWESOME. This is for college final paper on networking. If
> someone can help to find where to start, that would be Greatly
> appritiated.

There are so many resources it's hard to know where to begin.  But...

If your interest is especially networking, check out Globus and
Legion, and "The Grid".

Beowulf
http://www.beowulf.org/

Globus
http://www-fp.globus.org/

Legion
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~legion/

Extreme Linux
http://www.extremelinux.org/

IEEE Computer list of parallel computing sites
http://computer.org/parascope/

A few parallel folks to help you start your search:

A kind of parallel portal
http://www.eece.unm.edu/~dbader/

Clustering
http://www-csag.ucsd.edu/individual/achien/achien.html

Networks of Workstations (NOW)
http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~tea/

Globus/Grid
http://www-fp.mcs.anl.gov/~foster/

-- 
Randy Crawford
rlc@ncsa.uiuc.edu
rlc@sgi.com

    Joyce Kilmer was thinking about central Illinois.

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