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Key concepts and interdependencies

This chapter provides key concepts and interdependencies. The following topics are covered in this section:

•Introduction to High Performance Computing

•Rationale for clusters

•Definition of an HPC Cluster

•Definition of a “healthy cluster”

•HPC preferred practices

2.1 Introduction to High Performance Computing

In its most simple form, a modern multi-processor supercomputer is just a high-speed network of computers working together in parallel to solve a problem. The reality is quite a bit more complex, full of ...

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