Neil Hopcroft

A digital misfit

NanoHive is a modular simulator used for modeling the physical world at a nanometer scale. The intended purpose of the simulator is to act as a tool for the study, experimentation, and development of nanotech entities. Nano-Hive is a GPL/LGPL licensed open-source development”

“The simulator is targeted for two types of computational situations: a desk-top version for very simple molecular systems, and a fully distributable version for larger, greater than ten million atom simulations. The distributable version could run on a stand-alone network, or a low-cost Beowulf cluster, or be made available as a computational grid node (or set of nodes) on a network like the Globus Project grid.”

Looks like I got an excuse to make a Beowulf cluster.


7 comments

    • I’ll start with a baby asymmetric one, for which I need no excuse, the thing I need an excuse for is the 64 machine cluster, gonna have to be careful about switching the kettle on once thats up and running – I suspect I’ll be fairly close to the power limit for the house at that point. Besides, not sure where they’ll live, I’ve already got a machine room which doesn’t have a great deal more space in….more shelves needed, I fear.

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