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The history of early computer clusters is more or less directly tied to the history of early networks, as one of the primary motivations for the development of a network was to link computing resources, creating a de facto computer cluster. The first production system designed as a cluster was the Burroughs B5700 in the mid-1960s. This allowed ...
OpenSSI is an open-source single-system image clustering system. It allows a collection of computers to be treated as one large system, allowing applications running on any one machine access to the resources of all the machines in the cluster.
A cluster of PlayStation 3s running a Linux operating system. A PlayStation 3 cluster is a distributed system computer composed primarily of PlayStation 3 video game consoles. Before and during the console's production lifetime, its powerful IBM Cell CPU attracted interest in using multiple, networked PS3s for affordable high-performance ...
CHAOS creates a basic node in an OpenMosix cluster and is typically not deployed on its own; cluster builders will use feature-rich Linux distributions (such as Quantian or ClusterKnoppix) as a "head node" in a cluster to provide their application software, while the CHAOS distribution runs on "drone nodes" to provide "dumb power" to the cluster.
In distributed computing, a single system image (SSI) cluster is a cluster of machines that appears to be one single system. [1] [2] [3] The concept is often considered synonymous with that of a distributed operating system, [4] [5] but a single image may be presented for more limited purposes, just job scheduling for instance, which may be achieved by means of an additional layer of software ...
Open Cluster Framework (OCF) is a set of standards for computer clustering. The project started as a working group of the Free Standards Group , now part of the Linux Foundation . Original supporters included several computing companies and groups, including Compaq , Conectiva , IBM , Linux-HA , MSC Software , the Open Source Development Lab ...
HA clusters usually use a heartbeat private network connection which is used to monitor the health and status of each node in the cluster. One subtle but serious condition all clustering software must be able to handle is split-brain, which occurs when all of the private links go down simultaneously, but the cluster nodes are still running. If ...
Kerrighed is an open source single-system image (SSI) cluster software project. The project started in October 1998 at the Paris research group The French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control. From 2006 to 2011, the project was mainly developed by Kerlabs. In January, 2012 the Linux clustering mission of Kerlabs was ...