Beowulf Cluster

A PROJECT REPORT
On
Beowulf Cluster

Submitted to University Institute of Information Technology in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the degree of
BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
In
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Submitted By: Submitted To:
Arun Tonk (2909) Guide: - Mr. Rajesh Chauhan
Rahul Rana (2919) Co-guides:- 1. Er. Vikram Kumar
Ishan Sood (2921) 2. Er. Mohit Bansal
Abhay Chand (2930)
Adarsh Kumar (2935)
Abhikalp Thakur (2940)
Ashish Prashar (2950)
Daksh Agarwal (2961)
Amit Jaswal (2973)

University Institute of Information Technology
Himachal Pradesh University

2009-13
Certificate

Certified that the project titled “Beowulf Cluster” is undertaken in the guidance of Mr. Rajesh Chauhan (System Administrator), University Institute of Information Technology as a part of course curriculum for B.Tech. (Information Technology) Degree of Himachal Pradesh University, Summerhill, Shimla. The group consists of following members:-
Arun Tonk (2909)
Rahul Rana (2919)
Ishan Sood (2921)
Abhay Chand (2930)
Adarsh Kumar (2935)
Abhikalp Thakur (2940)
Ashish Prashar (2950)
Daksh Agarwal (2961)
Amit Jaswal (2973)

Mr. Rajesh Chauhan Er. Vikram Kumar Er. Mohit Bansal (Project Guide) (Co-Guides)

Mrs. Neeraj Sharma
(DIRECTOR)

Declaration

We do hereby solemnly declare that the work done in this project is authentic and original to the best of our knowledge and belief.
Also, the work done on this project is for the sole purpose of partial fulfillment of degree of B.Tech (Information Technolgy) in University Institute of Information Technology, Summerhill, Shimla and nowhere else.

Arun Tonk (2909)
Rahul Rana (2919)
Ishan Sood (2921)
Abhay Chand (2930)
Adarsh Kumar (2935)
Abhikalp Thakur (2940)
Ashish Prashar (2950)
Daksh Agarwal (2961)
Amit Jaswal (2973)

Acknowledgement

Primarly, we thank Dr. Neeraj Sharma, Director, UIIT, for granting us the permission to work on such an

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