When your data and work grow, and you still want to produce results in a timely manner, you start to think big. Your one beefy server reaches its limits. You need a way to spread your work across many ...

High-performance computing (HPC) has moved from the domain of government and academic laboratories to being an essential component of the design process. Today, it is almost unthinkable to develop the ...

Linux cluster computing has transformed the architecture of high-performance computing applications. High-cost supercomputers are being replaced by low-cost Linux clusters to solve the most ...

In mid-2004, Niall O’Driscoll faced an all too common problem: He knew his storage needs were growing quickly, but he didn’t know much more than that. O’Driscoll is vice president of engineering for ...

Editor's note: This is the full version of the article "DSI: Secure Carrier-Class Linux" found in the July 2002 print edition of Linux Journal. The telecommunication industry's interest in clustering ...