Re: Help in setting up a cluster

Do you want use beowulf? Or you interested in clustered web-server issue?


2013/2/21 Yazeed Alsaif <[email protected]>

> Hello,
>
> This is my first time posting here, I think I am in the right place, if
> not I am sorry.
>
> um, Here is my situation.
> I am in middle of my final year project (Undergrad), anyway my project is
> on Linux Clustering and I am asked to demonstrate the effectiveness of a
> cluster practically, I have done my thesis but I am stuck on the practical
> side.
> what I want and looking for is:
>
> 1- I want to test the cluster by running a software that can take
> advantage of other machines resources and converting songs from one
> extension to another in a short time, and then I will compare that to if
> the conversion process was run on one machine.
>
> 2- I want to run a web server<http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/247113-39-built-cluster-test#> on
> the cluster, so if one machine fails, the website will still be there. (for
> fault tolerance demonstration)
>
> Note: I do *NOT* anyone to do it for me, I want to do it myself. All I
> want is guidelines and perhaps some best practices.
> thanks guys.
>
> Yazeed.
>