Internet clusters

1. introduction
2. what it is

This web site is all about Internet clusters: the sets of computers that run big web sites around the world. It describes what an Internet cluster is and what it does. This site also has instructions for building your own cluster from FOSS (Free and Open Source Software), a box of computer scraps, sticky tape and string. Everything is explained with examples and references. I built my own Internet cluster and called it the LIC (Larg's internet Cluster).

This web site is a bit like a book in that it is organized into a series of chapters. if you want to build a cluster, look at the "build" chapters. If you want a "howto" recipe, look at the cookbook chapters.

This first chapter introduces you to the world the LIC fits into. It's pretty much all theory. I am talking about the big picture, not the the fine details like which computers to buy or what software to install. That comes later.

LIC topography: Larg
car-size cluster	truck-size cluster	scooter-size cluster