Linux Parallel Processing Sites
Prof. Hank Dietz
Purdue University School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
hankd@ecn.purdue.edu
Last update: 23 March 1998
This hypertext document is intended to provide photographs,
descriptions, and contact information for the various sites using
Linux systems for parallel processing. Each parallel system is listed
in approximate reverse chronological order, i.e., the system that
became operational most recently is listed first. To have information
about your site posted here:
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You must have a "permanent" parallel Linux site: an SMP, cluster of
machines, or PC with attached processor, which is configured to allow
users to execute parallel programs under Linux. A
Linux-based software environment (e.g., PAPERS library, PVM, MPI) that
directly supports parallel processing must be installed on the system.
However, the hardware need not be dedicated to parallel processing
under Linux, and may be used for completely different purposes when
parallel programs are not being run.
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Request that your site be listed. Send your site information to pplinux@ecn.purdue.edu.
Please follow the format used in this page for your site information.
No site will be listed without an explicit request from the contact
person for that site.
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Purdue University
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Date System Became Operational
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January 1998
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Hardware Parallelism & Interconnect Structure
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32 (+2 spare) RedHat Linux 5.0 machines connected by both PAPERS and
100 Mb/s Ethernet networks
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Hardware Configuration
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32 (+2 spare) identical Dell Pentium II 300 MHz, 128M RAM, 8.4 GB
disk, 100 Mb/s Ethernet, STB Velocity 128 4 MB video, and OPL3 audio.
All machines are linked directly by PAPERS, and are linked as four 100
Mb/s Ethernet hubs connected by a 100 Mb/s switch which also provides
connection to the outside world. 16 (+2 spare) 20" Sony monitors are
arranged as a 6,400x4,800 pixel video wall.
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Primary Use Of System
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This cluster is the primary PAPERS cluster at Purdue, used mostly
for PAPERS software development. It is being used extensively for
computational video wall work, and will also be used for 3D audio.
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Project URL
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http://garage.ecn.purdue.edu/~papers
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Contact Information
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Email to
hankd@ecn.purdue.edu,
phone (765) 494 3357
[Photo not yet available]
Institute of Astronomy
National Central University, Taiwan
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Date System Became Operational
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January 1998
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Hardware Parallelism & Interconnect Structure
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8 RedHat Alpha Linux machines and one Pentium Pro connected by 100 Mb/s
Ethernet
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Hardware Configuration
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Eight identical DEC Alpha 21164/533MHz, PC164LX Motherboard, 128MB
SDRAM, 2GB EIDE HD, Accton 100Mbps Ethernet.
One Intel Pentium Pro200, 128MB EDO RAM, 4GB SCSI HD, two 4-channel
100Mbps Ethernet (Adaptec AHA2944A/TX), 3Com 590.
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Primary Use Of System
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Studying the interaction between the galactic disk and dark matter halo.
Currently using PVM to implement a Barnes-Hut tree code.
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Project URL
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http://aswww.phy.ncu.edu.tw/ppcs/dpac/dpac.htm
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Contact Information
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Email to
d832002@joule.phy.ncu.edu.tw
Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing
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Date System Became Operational
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Spring 1997
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Hardware Parallelism & Interconnect Structure
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10 Siemens-Nixdorf PCs running SuSe Linux connected via SCI (Scalable
Coherent Interface)
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Hardware Configuration
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Heterogenous cluster with 24 processors (4 PentiumII 300 MHz, 20
PentiumPro 200 Mhz), RAM from 64 MB to 256 MB, Dolphin PCI/SCI adapter
cards (LC-2: 500 MByte/s), Dolphin 4-port LC-1 switch, FastEthernet
backup-network.
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Primary Use Of System
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Scientific applications with MPI and PVM, development of the SCI-Driver for Linux.
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Project URL
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http://www.uni-paderborn.de/pc2/systems/sci/psc0.htm
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Notes
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Also operate a 64-processor PentiumII cluster running Solaris.
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Contact Information
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Email to Oliver Heinz, heinz@uni-paderborn.de
Numerical Aerospace Simulation Facility
NASA Ames Research Center
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Date System Became Operational
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April 1997
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Hardware Parallelism & Interconnect Structure
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28 Linux machines connected by 100 Mb/s Ethernet
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Hardware Configuration
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27 identical Pentium Pro 200, 128MB RAM, 2.5GB disk, Cogent AHA-6911/TX
Ethernet; 1 "server" Pentium Pro 200, 128MB RAM, 6.5GB disk, Cogent
AHA-6911/TX Ethernet, SMC 9333BDT Ethernet; 2 stacked 16-port Netgear
100BaseT hubs testing routed interconnect topologies and switches
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Primary Use Of System
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Scalable systems software development to support aerospace research. The
supported parallel programing environment is FORTRAN or C with MPI.
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Project URL
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http://parallel.nas.nasa.gov/Parallel/Projects/Whitney
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Contact Information
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Email to
fineberg@nas.nasa.gov,
phone (415) 604 4319
[Photo not available;
formerly at http://bb.ag1.mpi-sb.mpg.de/animalfarm.jpg]
Max-Planck-Institut fuer Informatik
Saarbruecken
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Date System Became Operational
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January 1997
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Hardware Parallelism & Interconnect Structure
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16 Linux machines connected by a mesh of 100Mbps ethernet point-to-
point-links
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Hardware Configuration
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16 identical nodes (PPro 200 MHz, 2GB EIDE HDD, 128MB RAM, 4 x
100Mbps NIC [3C905], 1 x 10Mbps NIC [3C509])
one server (dual PPro 180 MHz, 256 MB RAM, 12GB SCSI HDDs)
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Primary Use Of System
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Compute server for scientific applications (computational
chemistry, bioinformatics)
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Project URL
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http://bb.ag1.mpi-sb.mpg.de/
University Koblenz-Landau
Institute of Physics
(The ZUSE Parallel PentiumPro Cluster)
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Date System Became Operational
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December 1996
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Hardware Parallelism & Interconnect Structure
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33 Linux machines connected by 100 Mb/s Ethernet
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Hardware Configuration
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32 identical PentiumPro 200 Mhz, 256 KB 2. Level Cache, 32 MB Memory, 1.0 GB
SCSI Disk, SMC EtherPower 10/100 8 Linux machines in one Rack connected by
100 Mb/s Ethernet hub 4 Racks connected by 100 Mb/s Ethernet Switch; 1 Linux
machine configured as Gateway connected to the 100 Mb/s Ethernet Switch,
PentiumPro 200 Mhz, 256 KB 2. Level Cache, 98 MB Memory, 4.0 GB SCSI Disk,
SMC EtherPower 10/100, Frame Grabber, CD-Writer, 20" Sony Monitor
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Primary Use Of System
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Design of Neural Networks by Genetic Algorithms;
Applications of Neural Networks;
Chaotic systems;
Artificial Life
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Project URL
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http://www.uni-koblenz.de/~schiff/zuse.html
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Contact Information
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Email to
Merten Joost
evol@informatik.uni-koblenz.de,
Wolframm Schiffman
schiff@informatik.uni-koblenz.de, or
Deltev Nolte
dnolte@informatik.uni-koblenz.de;
phone +49 261-9119-353
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Purdue University
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Date System Became Operational
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November 1996
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Hardware Parallelism & Interconnect Structure
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16 Linux machines connected by five PAPERS 960801 modules
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Hardware Configuration
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Eight identical IBM 386DX25 PS2 Model 70, 4M RAM, 250M disk, VGA
display; eight identical Intel 386DX33, 8M RAM, 250M disk, Ethernet,
VGA display; 4x4 monitor VGA display array
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Primary Use Of System
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To prove that the field-scalable PAPERS 960801 design really works and
to develop/test software, including PEN (the PAPERS ENvironment that
serves as a meta-OS across the Linux systems). The 386DX25 PS2
systems are too slow for much beyond driving the VGA video wall for
demos and some scientific visualization.
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Project URL
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http://garage.ecn.purdue.edu/~papers
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Contact Information
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Email to
hankd@ecn.purdue.edu,
phone (765) 494 3357
[Photo not yet available]
DISI, Universita' di Genova, Italy
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Date System Became Operational
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September 27, 1996
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Hardware Parallelism & Interconnect Structure
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12 Linux machines connected by 100 Mb/s Ethernet hub
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Hardware Configuration
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Twelve identical Pentium 133 Mhz, 128 KB Pipelined Cache, 32 MB
Memory, 1.2 GB Disk, 3Com 3c590 10Base2 Ethernet, 3Com 3c595 100BaseTX
Ethernet; 12-way 100Mb/s Ethernet hub
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Primary Use Of System
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Both as a set of autonomous workstations for students and as a
parallel platform called the Genoa Active Message MAchine (GAMMA).
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Project URL
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http://www.disi.unige.it/project/gamma/
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Contact Information
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Email to Giovanni Chiola (chiola@disi.unige.it) or Giuseppe Ciaccio (ciaccio@disi.unige.it)
Mannheim University, Mannheim, Germany
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Date System Became Operational
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August 1996
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Hardware Parallelism & Interconnect Structure
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10 Linux machines connected by 10 Mb/s Ethernet (upgrade to switched
10 Mb/s planned for October).
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Hardware Configuration
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Nine identical dual-pentium 133 Mhz, 512 KB Pipelined Burst Cache, 32
MB Memory, PCI SCSI Controler (NCR Chip), 1 GB local SCSI Harddrive,
PCI 10Mb/s Ethernet (SMC Etherpower); the tenth machine has the same
configuration plus 2MB PCI SVGA, 17" Monitor, 4x CDROM, Exabyte
Tapestreamer, and a second 1 GB disc.
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Primary Use Of System
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Low-cost replacement for our earlier KSR1/2 parallel computers.
Continuation of our educational and research work on parallel and
distributed computing. Mainly using Pthreads and PVM for parallel
programming. Investigation of low-cost, high-performance
interconnection hardware and software. Research on distributed Web
Services.
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Project URL
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http://suparum.rz.uni-mannheim.de/ (in German);
http://suparum.rz.uni-mannheim.de/ (in English)
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Contact Information
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Email to
parallel@rz.uni-mannheim.de
Distributed Computing Laboratory,
Department of Mathematical Sciences,
Cameron University, Lawton, OK
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Date System Became Operational
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January 1996
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Hardware Parallelism & Interconnect Structure
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9 Linux machines connected by 100 Mbps Ethernet
(upgraded January 1997;
upgraded July 1996 to 6 machines;
originally 4 machines and 10 Mbps Ethernet)
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Hardware Configuration
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Nine identical Pentium 100, 64M RAM, 1G disk, 3com 3c595/3c905 PCI
10/100 Ethernet. Linksys 100 Mbps hub. Planned upgrade to two
additional machines (probably P6's).
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Primary Use Of System
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NSF-funded project for development of low-cost parallel computing
environment at small universities for research and educational
activities. Currently using PVM and MPI (LAM) to facilitate
parallel programming.
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Project URL
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http://www.scinet.prairie.edu
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Contact Information
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Email to
donm@cameron.edu,
phone (405) 581-2396
Hub
Cluster
Computer Science,
Cornell University
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Date System Became Operational
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January 1996
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Hardware Parallelism & Interconnect Structure
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4 Linux machines connected by 100 Mbps Ethernet
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Hardware Configuration
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Pentium 133, 16M RAM, 1G disk, DECChip 21140 Fast Ethernet, SVGA;
Pentium 90, 32M RAM, 2G disk, DECChip 21140 Fast Ethernet, SVGA;
Pentium 133, 32M RAM, 1G disk, DECChip 21140 Fast Ethernet, SVGA;
SMP 2-processor Pentium 133, 64M RAM, 13G disk, DECChip 21140 Fast
Ethernet, SVGA; Intel Express 10/100 Hub
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Primary Use Of System
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This is an experimental set-up for clustered computing using the U-Net
interface over Fast Ethernet. The state of the machines of the cluster
(and their connectivity) are always in flux: one of the machines
participates in the U-Net ATM cluster (along with 12 or so
SparcStations). Planned upgrade to a more permanent set-up involving
P6 workstations and a Fast Ethernet switch.
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Project URL
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http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Info/People/mdw/atm/pics/cluster.html
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Contact Information
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Email to
mdw@cs.cornell.edu,
phone (607) 255 1008
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Purdue University
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Date System Became Operational
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November 1995
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Hardware Parallelism & Interconnect Structure
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4 Linux machines connected by TTL_PAPERS
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Hardware Configuration
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Four identical
Compaq Aero (Subnotebook) 486SX25, 4M RAM, 170M disk, LCD display
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Primary Use Of System
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This is a 20-pound portable cluster constructed primarily to bring to
conferences, etc., to demonstrate that a PAPERS cluster is capable of
fine-grain parallel processing.
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Project URL
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http://garage.ecn.purdue.edu/~papers
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Contact Information
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Email to
hankd@ecn.purdue.edu,
phone (765) 494 3357
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Purdue University
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Date System Became Operational
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November 1995 (assembled in a different configuration, August 1994)
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Hardware Parallelism & Interconnect Structure
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8 Linux machines connected by TTL_PAPERS 951201 and Ethernet
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Hardware Configuration
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Eight identical
Intel 386DX33, 8M RAM, 250M disk, Ethernet, VGA display;
2x4 monitor VGA display array
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Primary Use Of System
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This system is used primarily for experimental evaluation of the
modularly scalable versions of PAPERS, and for development and testing
of the support software... especially the VGA display array support.
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Project URL
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http://garage.ecn.purdue.edu/~papers
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Contact Information
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Email to
hankd@ecn.purdue.edu,
phone (765) 494 3357
Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione
ParMa2 Project
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Date System Became Operational
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September 1995
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Hardware Parallelism & Interconnect Structure
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4 Linux machines (or 20, but not permanently) connected by Fast Ethernet
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Hardware Configuration
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Four Pentium 100,
64M RAM, 1G disk, 512K L2 cache,
1 Fast Ethernet (3c595tx adapter);
12 way Fast Ethernet hub,
17" monitor
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Primary Use Of System
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The ParMa2 Project is an Operative System approach to the
problem of delivering low latency high bandwidth communications for PC
clusters running a public domain OS like Linux and connected by
standard, off-the-shelf networks like Fast-Ethernet. The Parma2
project has the main goal of designing the new light-weight protocol
suite PRP, in order to drastically reduce the software overhead
introduced by TCP/IP. PRP wants to offer at high level a stream
socket oriented interface and at low level compatibility with any
device driver. High level compatibility is crucial in facilitating
the porting on PRP of existing applications or message passing
packages.
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Project URL
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http://www.CE.UniPR.IT/pardis/parma2/
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Contact Information
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Email to
pr2staff@CE.UniPR.IT
(This entry was submitted by Massimo Bertozzi)
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Purdue University
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Date System Became Operational
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July 1995
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Hardware Parallelism & Interconnect Structure
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4 Linux machines connected by TTL_PAPERS and Ethernet
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Hardware Configuration
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Three identical
Intel Pentium 90, 32M RAM, 700M disk, Ethernet;
Intel Pentium 90, 32M RAM, 700M disk, Ethernet, SVGA
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Primary Use Of System
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This PAPERS cluster is used primarily for parallel processing benchmark
applications. ATM connections will soon be added to investigate using
PAPERS to schedule ATM video serving.
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Project URL
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http://garage.ecn.purdue.edu/~papers
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Contact Information
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Email to
hankd@ecn.purdue.edu,
phone (765) 494 3357
TTL_PAPERS
Cluster
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of Alabama at Huntsville
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Date System Became Operational
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May 1995
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Hardware Parallelism & Interconnect Structure
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4 Linux machines connected by TTL_PAPERS and Ethernet
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Hardware Configuration
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Four identical
486DX4 100MHz with 256K cache, 16M RAM, 1.1G disk, Ethernet, SVGA display
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Primary Use Of System
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Research involving PAPERS and the development of an MPL (MasPar's
Parallel Language -- a parallel C dialect) compiler. It is also used
with MPI for course projects.
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Project URL
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http://eb-p5.eb.uah.edu/ece/research/Cohen.html
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Contact Information
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Email to
cohen@ebs330.eb.uah.edu,
phone (205) 895 6830
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Purdue University
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Date System Became Operational
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July 1994
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Hardware Parallelism & Interconnect Structure
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4 Linux machines connected by TTL_PAPERS, PAPERS1, and Ethernet
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Hardware Configuration
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Four identical
IBM ValuePoint 486DX33, 8M RAM, 340M disk, 2 parallel ports, Ethernet,
VGA; 2x2 monitor VGA display array
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Primary Use Of System
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This cluster is used primarily for PAPERS software development. It
has also been used for Ethernet and PVM experiments.
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Project URL
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http://garage.ecn.purdue.edu/~papers
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Contact Information
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Email to
hankd@ecn.purdue.edu,
phone (765) 494 3357
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May 19, 1998.
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