Linux HighAvailability Cluster William R Smith EKU Dept

Linux High-Availability Cluster William R. Smith EKU, Dept. of Technology CEN/CET

OUTLINE Linux Basics Cluster Basics The Playstation 3 powerhouse Yellow Dog Linux High Availability and Y-HPC Future of Clustering 2

MOTIVATION Linux + PS 3 = ; > Replace your PC with a new PS 3? Massive power on the PS 3, for single point processing. Especially Clustered 3

BACKGROUND Blue Gene/L by IBM is fastest today over 350 Tera Flops Over 65, 000 nodes 2 PPC 700 mhz processors per node Cost about $50. million 4

INTRODUCTION Power PC and Clustering Linux on PS 3 Yellow Dog Linux and Sony Web Research (PS 3 is young) Linux-HA, DRDB, and Y-HPC More Web Research (IBM) 5

PROBLEM STATEMENT Why Clusters ? Why PS 3 ? Why Cluster PS 3's ? How can we combine game systems to build super-computers ? Why do we need this ? 6

PROPOSED SOLUTION What do we need to Cluster PS 3 s Linux (Which Version? ) Software / Hardware needed Assembly Testing & troubleshooting Verifying results 7

RESULTS Sony is serious about Linux and Power. PC Works well 10, 000 PS 3 s could theoretically be fastest computer in the world 8

CONCLUSIONS Great learning experience with Linux and Clustering outside the box The web is a great resource for learning and troubleshooting Linux Clustering Video games are requiring huge processing power which can be very useful in other areas of computing 9

FUTURE WORK Folding @ Home (Stanford University) Are consoles and PC's merging finally More work and research on all types of Computer Clusters Thanks for your attention Contact info: Will. Smith@coldwellbankerky. com 10