The Recipe
The Mac Cluster Recipe
The ingredients and directions to getting your cluster up and running, fast!
No other cluster type is this easy to mix, so you can get your cluster to
work for you quickly and easily.
Just follow the recipe:
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Ingredients |
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Macintosh Pro's* (with unique names) |
100BaseT Ethernet Switch**
| Category 5 Ethernet Cables (one per Mac)
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Directions |
1. Connect Cables from Macs to Switch
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2. Download Pooch
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3. Install Pooch. Repeat for each Mac.
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Congratulations! You have built your Mac cluster!
(Yes, it is that easy)
You can use the AltiVec Fractal Carbon demo to test it.
See the Pooch Quick Start or
the Pooch screen shots or
the video to find out how!
*can substitute with G5s, iMacs, MacBooks, XServes, PowerBooks, iBooks, G3s or Intel-powered Macs - see Possible Deployments for more
**can substitute with Gigabit, Airport, or any network supporting TCP/IP
Four nodes running in parallel
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