Douglas Eadline


Dr. Douglas Eadline has worked with parallel computers since 1988 (anyone remember the Inmos Transputer?). After co-authoring the original Beowulf How-To, he continued to write extensively about Linux HPC Clustering and parallel software issues. Much of Doug's early experience has been in software tools and and application performance. He has been building and using Linux clusters since 1995. Doug holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Lehigh University.

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Does More Cores Mean Less Nodes?
October 9th, 2009 11:19 am 1 Comment
Packing cores into a node means less servers are needed, but the market is still growing. Ever since the shift to ...
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The Cluster Bookshelf
October 8th, 2009 3:46 pm 1 Comment
An all too short list of HPC cluster books Every so often I am asked about books on Beowulf/HPC clustering. The ...
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Clustering in the Cloud
October 8th, 2009 3:45 pm No Comments
Are clouds a good place to do build HPC Clusters? The use of virtualization and multi-core processors has made cloud computing ...
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Support, Why Do I Need Cluster Support?
October 8th, 2009 3:45 pm No Comments
Supporting a successful HPC cluster takes time and money, take your pick Many of the HPC people I know are what ...
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The Skinny on Solid State Disks
September 22nd, 2009 3:54 pm 1 Comment
What you need to know about the latest trend in storage hardware The Solid State Drive (SSD) has had a break-out ...
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Future File Systems: Btrfs and ZFS
September 18th, 2009 7:51 pm 3 Comments
The prediction is in. What file system will move us into the future? The thirst for better file system technology is ...
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Computing To Compete
September 18th, 2009 7:47 pm No Comments
The Optimized Mudflap And Other HPC Success Stories Welcome to the world of industrial HPC. Today, we will consider a small ...
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Why Is InfiniBand (and other interconnects) So Fast?
August 26th, 2009 10:16 am 1 Comment
The advent of user-space protocols provides a fast way to move data The above title is misleading because "fast" can mean ...
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Why I like Intel® Cluster Ready
August 20th, 2009 12:50 pm No Comments
No, I'm not a marketing droid, although I could play one on TV I know what you are thinking. Here comes ...
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Increase Your Top Mojo
August 20th, 2009 12:49 pm No Comments
The top monitoring tool can be used in very simple ways to generate useful information Top is one of the most ...
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