If I could invest into a Workgroup Cluster from Apple, my first
dilemma would be what interconnection to use. Should I connect all
the nodes to a Gbit Ethernet switch using the 2 built in Gbit
interface or use the the two 800 Mbit/s Firewire connection to daisy
chain them or to connect them to a Firewire Hub ? The cluster would
have minimum 12 nodes and do mostly bio-informatics related number
crunching and statistical computation.
We are doing bio-informatics related work on our cluster and have
connected the nodes using the ethernet interfaces. Our cluster is 4
nodes. I do not know of any test out there but we have been very happy
so far with the ethernet connection.
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Sterling Anderson
UW National Primate Research Center
sterling [at] primate.wisc.edu
608.265.0883
http://pygathrix.primate.wisc.edu
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