Is it possible to link multiple linux based computers in a network into one to form one powerful computer?

December 28th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under
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GLaDOS asked:


I heard a while ago that you can actually link multiple linux based computers together to form one powerful one. Any ideas?

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  1. Comment by banjoman on 31 December 2008:

    I work for a company that has done just this. more than 400 cheap linux computers linked together into one supercluster that is as powerful as our Cray Y-MP. It’s fairly easy to do. I forget the name of the software that allows this linkage to happen.

  2. Comment by qgqlochekone on 2 January 2009:

    yes, theres are tre forms, clustering (by soft), clustering hardware distribuit, and the OS distribuit.

    linux its a OS based on one like the OS distribuit, but not focused on it, then clustering its the best way for it, but if u wan a real distribued enviorement, OS and machines specialy for this are too expensive, its better clustering.

    in debian or venenux are a lot of packages with info and programs for clustering in software, clustering on hardware are not use too much today cos its expensive.

    search at for more linux issues..

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