Main Page

This is the welcome page of the documentation wiki for the St. Olaf Beowulf Project. We operate multiple Beowulf clusters:
 * , for production undergraduate research (Mission Statement);
 * , for development (Mission Statement); and
 * , for support of teaching, including other departments and institutions (Mission Statement)

Our overarching goal is to support undergraduate research and education. See the Beowulf project page for a timeline of projects.

Items Actively Being Worked On

 * MSCS-TV
 * Snap! to WMR
 * Wiki Restructuring
 * Research Projects
 * System Status
 * Interim list, Interim mods
 * Systems Development
 * Scheduling Policies
 * User Documentation
 * Installation Procedures

Cluster Documentation

 * Project delivery standard
 * MistRider Installation
 * SystemImager


 * Beowulf_Installation_Guide/VM_Host_Setup
 * Beowulf Installation Guide 2011 (Ubuntu Server 11.04)
 * Beowulf Installation Guide
 * Beowulf User's Guide
 * Beowulf Administrator's Guide, SGE troubleshooting
 * Beowulf Hardware Overview
 * Beowulf Software Overview
 * 32 Core Machines
 * Little FE Notes
 * Blog, Official St. Olaf Beowulf Blog
 * Open MPI Quick Reference
 * Hadoop Reference, January 2011
 * MapReduceIntroLab
 * Passwordless SSH setup
 * CCT 2.0
 * Building HiPerCiC Interfaces
 * E-mail lists
 * [mailto:beowulf@stolaf.edu Beowulf] -- For inquiring about potential projects
 * [mailto:beowulf-users@stolaf.edu Beowulf Users] -- For discussing issues, asking cluster usage questions
 * [mailto:beowulf-announce@stolaf.edu Beowulf Announcements] -- For reporting cluster downtime, changes, et cetera
 * [mailto:beowulf-admin@stolaf.edu Private Beowulf Administrators List] -- For Beowulf administrators to exchange information

Cluster Projects

 * SMRF - Stolaf Map-Reduce Framework
 * CEGSIC - Data Migration
 * OpenMP Sieve of Eratosthenes
 * Trapezoid Tutorial

Tools and Resources

 * Online MPI Documentation?
 * Helios Cluster Web Admin Page

Papers

 * Reid Price
 * Chris Feehan

Posters

 * Pew 2006 by Ben Landsteiner [[Image:Pew2006.pdf]]

Courses

 * Senior Capstone Seminar, Fall 2006
 * Senior Capstone Seminar, Fall 2007
 * Seminar in Parallel Computing Systems, Interim 2009

Presentations

 * MICS 2007 by Ben Landsteiner
 * Summer 2006 by Ben Landsteiner and Will Voorhees

Potential Future Projects

 * Automatic Form Creation