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From: Bhupendra Wakankar <bhupen*- at -*engr.uconn.edu>
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Dear CCLers,
Hi.

We have 6 computers in our lab (4 running on WINNT and 2 on RedHat 6.0).
I use the Linux PC's for my computations while the 4 NT PC's stay
relatively idle. All these PC's are fairly powerful (> 400MHz
multiprocessor Pentiums) and thus have untapped number crunching power.
I am wondering if it is possible to build a parallel cluster using these
4 NT PC's (and better still, using all 6 PC's). 

Almost all network of PC clusters that I read about on the web run under
Linux. Is there any particular reason for not choosing NT (lack of
parallel programs perhaps ?). 

I would also like to know if there are any DFT programs (parallel/single
processor, free/commercial) running on Windows NT?

Thanks in advance,

Regards,
Bhupendra