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    Connecting two laptops to create cluster

    Hello,

    I have posted the same question to Askubuntu but it is no good.

    I have two laptops with the following specs and I want to connect them to increase memory (RAM) so that I can increase the performance of the scientific calculations that I need to do at home; it is like creating a cluster with two laptops.

    HP Pavilion dv6 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T6500 @ 2.10GHz 3.00 GB RAM
    Sony Vaio PCG-384L Intel (R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7700 @2.40GHz 2.00GB RAM
    By the way, Sony laptop does not have a monitor, which is broken, so I am using it with an external monitor.
    Now, I want to connect these laptops so that my MATLAB, Fortran and C++ programs run better. From time to time, I need to use my home computers to do some work. So, how can I achieve that? What would I need to buy or install to the systems?
    The most important point that bears my mind is that I also run Mac OS X with my Sony laptop, but I cannot run it with HP because it does not support VT-X. Is there anything special that I have to do in order to run Mac still after I connect these laptops?
    Kubuntu 12.04 is installed in HP, Ubuntu 12.04 is installed in Sony (I prefer Kubuntu for my HP laptop for several reasons and therefore I do not want to change it).
    I know this is a long question, but I couldn't figure out what to do.
    Thank you

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    Re: Connecting two laptops to create cluster

    Hay,

    I might be mistaking, but I do not really think there is a single solution.

    However may I suggest you start here:
    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EasyUbuntuClustering

    Cheers

    Actually, look here:
    https://www.linux.com/community/blog...ral-linux/9401
    Last edited by zero2xiii; July 30th, 2013 at 08:29 PM.
    Switched away from windows XP to Ubuntu 9.04. Never turned around to look back.

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