Dear visitor, this page is completely outdated (Sept 2001), but remains here for strictly historical reasons and also since I haven't had time to transfer what useful information still exists to our new site http://easygrid.ic.uff.br.

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PROJECT: EASY GRID AND CLUSTER SYNERGIA

Two new paradigms are changing the way we do computing: Clusters and Grids. Both have been born by the need for more economical means for high-performance computing. Clusters employ cost-effective commodity components for building powerful computers, and Grids allow to better utilize the computing resources that are available via Internet.

EasyGrid (IC-Grid in portuguese) is a mini-grid testbed environment for the design and development of grid-based middleware. Two Beowulf class PC clusters, Cluster Sinergia I and II, are under construction in the Instituto de Computação, UFF, with the aim of studying the interaction between cluster- and grid-based middleware.

This work is partially funded by research grants from:

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ);

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq);

Programa de Pós-graduação em Computação, IC-UFF.

The Scyld Beowulf Reference Manual
The Scyld Beowulf Installation Guide

CURRENT GROUP MEMBERS

Dr. Vinod Rebello, DCC/IC UFF. [Team Leader]

Dr. Cristina Boeres, DCC/IC UFF.

Dr. Lúcia Drummond, DCC/IC UFF.

Dr. Stella Porto, DCC/IC UFF.

Alexandre Reis Lima, DCC/IC UFF.

Paulo Márcio Souza Freire, DCC/IC UFF.

Marco Aurelio N. Esteves, DCC/IC UFF.

Fabricio Lemos dos Anjos, DCC/IC UFF.

Jairo Duarte, DCC/IC UFF.

José Edmilson Vasconcelos dos Santos Junior, DCC/IC UFF.

Paulo Sérgio Rodrigues Cruz, DCC/IC UFF.

1st September 2000: General Introduction.

15th Sept. 2000: Cluster Computing, An Overview. [Powerpoint Slides]

22nd Sept. 2000: Um  resumo  para o relatorio.

29th Sept. 2000: Researching existing cluster computing systems.

6th Oct. 2000:

20th Oct. 2000:

27th Oct. 2000: Cluster Processing Presentations.

10th Nov. 2000: Cluster Processing Presentations.

17th Nov. 2000: Started Construction of Cluster Synergia. Organising Laboratory and hardware configuration of nodes.

24th Nov. 2000: Cluster Construction: Obtaining System Software.

Our Cluster Computing Reference Page.