Beowulf cluster

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May 6, 2008 8:27 PM PDT




A cluster built from PCs running the Linux operating system. Clusters were already well established when Beowulf clusters were first built in the early 1990s. Prior to Beowulf, however, clusters were built with more expensive systems running UNIX or VMS. By dropping the cost of cluster hardware, Beowulf clusters dramatically increased access to cluster computing.