[Next-Generation Sequencing Book]
  • [Photo] Gary Van Domselaar • May 19, 2000
    "To this day, clustering a number of low-cost computers to achieve super-computing performance is one of the most widespread types of clustering. Unix, due to its portable libraries and standard operating environments with pervasive networking, has always been at the forefront of clustering. It also helped that Unix was and is the OS of choice for low-cost, yet powerful microprocessor-based workstations and servers. Linux entered the fray of clusters with the Beowulf cluster, first deployed at NASA. We shall discuss Beowulf in the next chapter. Bear with me for another few minutes to learn about the other kind of cluster, the high-availability cluster, or simply HAclustering."

    Full story:
    http://www.byte.com/column/BYT20000510S0002

    Reference by LinuxToday.com.

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