web farm -newbie

[Jose]

Myles Braithwaite wrote:
> Take a look at lighttpd proxy 
> balancer http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/wiki/Docs%3AModProxy
> 
> An that postgresql thing that syncs multiple database across a network.
> 
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> *Myles Braithwaite*
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> On 30-May-08, at 3:33 PM, Fernando Duran wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> Very quickly, a "web farm" is a group of servers to
>> support one web site, typically because you have a lot
>> of traffic (load balancing), or you want to get rid of
>> a single point of failure (reliability) or both.
>>
>> The topics you mention (Openmosix, OSCAR, MPI) are for
>> parallel processing (running a program in multiple
>> CPUs/memory, typically number crunching apps like
>> scientific apps or image rendering); it's a very
>> different topic.
>>
>> For a web site/app you probably want to look into load
>> balancing, replication etc, not parallel processing.
>>
>> Fernando
>>
>> --- Jose <jtc-vS8X3Ji+8Wg6e3DpGhMbh2oLBQzVVOGK at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi List,
>>>
>>> I am looking to learn how to setup a web farm, I
>>> have been reading
>>> reviews about some books like:
>>>
>>> Linux Enterprise Cluster by Karl Kopper
>>>
>>> High Performance Linux Clusters with OSCAR, Rocks,
>>> OpenMosix, and MPI
>>>
>>> Building Linux Clusters  David H.M. Spector
>>>
>>> Linux High Performance Clusters [Import] (Paperback)
>>> by Alex Vrenios (Author)
>>>
>>> I got a couple of computer I rescue from the job
>>> dump and I would like
>>> to build a mini cluster, but not sure where to
>>> start, could you guys
>>> advice a newbie on this matters?
>>>
>>> thanks in advance
>>>
>>> J
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Hi

Thanks to all who responded and took of their time to respond to my 
question.

I certainly got some direction with your answers,

Thanks a lot again

J
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