1. Linux High-Availability Cluster William R. Smith EKU, Dept. of Technology CEN/CET

2. 2 OUTLINE Linux Basics Cluster Basics The Playstation 3 powerhouse Yellow Dog Linux High Availability and Y-HPC Future of Clustering

3. 3 MOTIVATION Linux + PS3 = ;> Replace your PC with a new PS3? Massive power on the PS3, for single point processing. Especially Clustered

4. 4 BACKGROUND Blue Gene/L by IBM is fastest today over 350 Tera Flops Over 65,000 nodes 2 PPC 700 mhz processors per node Cost about $50.million

5. 5 INTRODUCTION Power PC and Clustering Linux on PS3 Yellow Dog Linux and Sony Web Research (PS3 is young)‏ Linux-HA, DRDB, and Y-HPC More Web Research (IBM)‏

6. 6 PROBLEM STATEMENT Why Clusters ? Why PS3 ? Why Cluster PS3's ? How can we combine game systems to build super-computers ? Why do we need this ?

7. 7 PROPOSED SOLUTION What do we need to Cluster PS3s Linux (Which Version?)‏ Software / Hardware needed Assembly Testing & troubleshooting Verifying results

8. 8 RESULTS Sony is serious about Linux and PowerPC Works well 10,000 PS3s could theoretically be fastest computer in the world

9. 9 CONCLUSIONS Great learning experience with Linux and Clustering outside the box The web is a great resource for learning and troubleshooting Linux Clustering Video games are requiring huge processing power which can be very useful in other areas of computing

10. 10 FUTURE WORK Folding @ Home (Stanford University) Are consoles and PC's merging finally More work and research on all types of Computer Clusters Thanks for your attention Contact info: Will.Smith@coldwellbankerky.com