PelicanHPC is a Debian-based “iso-hybrid (CD or USB) image that let’s you set up a high performance computing cluster in a few minutes.
A Pelican cluster allows you to do parallel computing using MPI. You can run Pelican on a single multiple core machine to use all cores to solve a problem, or you can network multiple computers together to make a cluster. The frontend node (either a real computer or a virtual machine) boots from the image”.
| Working state: | Active |
| Desktop: | GNOME, Xfce |
| Init Software: | systemd |
| Package Management: | APT |
| Release Model: | Fixed |
| Platforms: | x86_64 |
| Home Page: | sourceforge.net/projects/pelicanhpc |
| Developer: | Robert G. Petry |
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