Carleton College

Departments of Physics, Astronomy, and Chemistry

Carleton College is now the proud owner of a 24-node (48-processors) Beowulf class super computer. This highly parallel cluster has been set to work simulating quantum chaotic systems and simulating the interactions between C02 and small gas molecules on molecular sieve's pores.

Below you will find a number of helpful links, explaining different features of the cluster, as well as useful information for actually working with the cluster, writing programs, etc.

Enjoy!

Josh Allen
System Administrator

Read about the Beowulf Cluster in "The Voice"
(photo courtesy of "The Voice")

Useful Links

About the Cluster

Accessing the Carleton College Beowulf Cluster

MPI - Message Passing Interface

Writing and Compiling MPI Programs

Running Single-Processor (classic) Programs

Questions about the cluster and its usage should be directed to Josh Allen (jallen(at)carleton.edu). If you are new to UNIX computing, click here for a quick tutorial of some simple UNIX commands, C++ programming, etc. (pages courtesy of Carleton College Department of Mathematics and Computer Science).

Page Maintained by: Josh Allen
Last Modified: April 20, 2005