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+\documentclass[pdf,contemporain,slideColor,colorBG,accumulate,nototal]{prosper}
+
+%\usepackage{macros-cp}
+
+\title{Linux Clustering}
+\subtitle{\normalsize
+  {\bf Q}: What is better than a PC running Linux?\\
+  {\bf A}: More than one PC running Linux, clustered together!}
+\author{Josef ``Jeff'' Sipek}
+\institution{}
+
+\begin{document}
+\maketitle
+
+% What the..?
+\overlays{5}{
+\begin{slide}{Wait a second...}
+% What is this "cluster"?
+What are you talking about?!
+
+\onlySlide*{2}{
+\vspace{3em}
+% Collection of similar items
+Collection
+}
+\onlySlide*{3}{
+\vspace{3em}
+% We are talking about computers
+Collection of computers
+}
+\onlySlide*{4}{
+\vspace{3em}
+% In a cluster, each computer is called a node
+Collection of nodes
+}
+\onlySlide*{5}{
+\vspace{3em}
+% We like Linux
+Collection of nodes running Linux
+}
+% hence the subtitle
+\end{slide}}
+
+% Types
+\overlays{5}{
+\begin{slide}{Types of Clustering}
+\small
+
+\begin{raggedright}
+There are several types of clusters...
+
+\fromSlide{2}{
+	\vspace{2em}
+% google's cluster is great example
+	{\bf High availability} - fail over situation
+}
+
+\fromSlide{3}{
+	\vspace{2em}
+% grid computing, openmosix, etc.
+	{\bf High throughput} - implies high availability, loosly coupled
+}
+
+\fromSlide{4}{
+	\vspace{2em}
+% beowulf
+%   - dedicated lan
+	{\bf High performance} - tightly coupled, very faaaaast
+}
+
+\fromSlide{5}{
+	\hspace{3em}{\bf This is the cool stuff!}
+}
+\end{raggedright}
+\end{slide}}
+
+% NUMA
+\overlays{3}{
+\begin{slide}{NonUniform Memory Access}
+% Altix 3000 uses special hardware to connect the nodes into one "computer." 
+If you have quite a bit of money to spend, you might want to consider one of these with:
+\begin{itemstep}
+% yes, that's GigaBytes
+\item 6.4 GB/s interconnect
+% quite a bit of memory
+\item 4GB - 8TB of RAM
+% what good is hardware, when there is no software? 
+\item Linux
+% you need at least 4 zeros in the pricetag, more likely to have 5
+\item Damn expensive!
+\end{itemstep}
+\end{slide}}
+
+% Beowulf
+\overlays{3}{
+\begin{slide}{Beowulf}
+%\epsfig{file=./beowulf.eps}
+% Are you too poor to spend quarter million on a computer? Don't worry!
+If you don't have that much money, try Beowulf cluster type.
+\begin{itemstep}
+% you can use hardware you have already at home! (point out the NYC court computers)
+\item Use any old hardware
+% Ok, maybe you think that you should spend some money
+\item Use any new hardware
+% And here we go again, need software? Get Linux!
+\item Linux
+\end{itemstep}
+\end{slide}}
+
+% MPI
+\overlays{4}{
+\begin{slide}{Message Passing Interface aka. MPI}
+\begin{itemstep}
+% MPI is an standard
+\item A standard
+% MPI was designed for high performance on both massively parallel machines and on workstation clusters.
+\item Designed for high performance
+%  MPI is widely available, with both free available and vendor-supplied implementations. A number of MPI home pages are available.
+\item Widely available
+% for what it's worth, MPI has 130 functions
+\item 130 function
+\end{itemstep}
+\end{slide}}
+
+% PVM
+\overlays{1}{
+\begin{slide}{Parallel Virtual Machine aka. PVM}
+% I won't have enough time to talk and demo PVM...oh well
+\begin{itemstep}
+% PVM does a similar thing as MPI, but a little differently
+% I don't have much to say about it except that it has 38 functions, and works well for many people. RTFM
+\item 38 functions
+\end{itemstep}
+\end{slide}}
+
+% OM
+\overlays{3}{
+\begin{slide}{OpenMosix}
+% openMosix is a kernel extension for SSI clustering.
+\begin{itemstep}
+\item Single System Image clustering
+% spawn a process anywhere, and it will migrate to the best node available => load balancing
+\item Automatic process migration
+% 
+\item Easy to set up
+% not in my opionion
+\end{itemstep}
+\end{slide}}
+
+% distcc
+
+% HW: uncluterring of cables
+\overlays{3}{
+\begin{slide}{What a mess!}
+% Now that you have spend thousands of dollars on computers and miles of cables, what can you do to make it neater?
+What am I supposed to do?
+\begin{itemstep}
+% you won't like this, but it works
+\item Don't look
+% organize the cables, have networking cables run in "channels"
+\item Organize
+% you might want to write everything down, since a cluster can get large and you usually set it up and leave it alone for a looong time
+\item Document
+\end{itemstep}
+\end{slide}}
+
+% RTFM
+\begin{slide}{RTFM}
+There are MANY HowTos, and manuals about clustering...Read!
+\end{slide}
+
+% Let's get dirty
+\overlays{8}{
+\begin{slide}{Let's get dirty..}
+\begin{itemstep}
+% Debian is a good choice, this is very simple
+\item Install Linux
+% really any DNS server will do, but bind is know to be good
+\item Install bind9
+% DHCP gives the disk-less-nodes IPs and info on how to boot
+\item Install dhcpd
+% tftp gives the nodes a way to get a copy of the kernel
+\item Install tftpd
+% mknbi (debian) allows you to create the etherboot kernel images
+\item Install mknbi
+% NFS for root on NFS
+\item Install NFS
+% you need to create a root structure for each node
+\item Make / for nodes
+% if you don't have a network bootable box, make an etherboot floppy/cd
+\item Make boot floppy (optional)
+\end{itemstep}
+\end{slide}}
+
+\begin{slide}{Installing Linux}
+\vspace{3.5em}
+\begin{center}
+Duh!
+\end{center}
+\end{slide}
+
+\overlays{2}{
+\begin{slide}{Installing Bind9, dhcpd, etc...}
+This takes some effort, but is outside the scope of this talk, except...
+\begin{itemstep}
+\item Set nfs-root in dhcpd.conf
+\item 
+\end{itemstep}
+\end{slide}}
+
+% FIXME: use "clusterfobia"
+
+
+\end{document}