How to set up a virtual MPI cluster using Hyper V

Question

I am fairly new at this topic so please excuse me if I make some non sensical assumptions or assertions.

Well I was following this tutorial - Video link

In this tutorial the presenter is setting up virtual machines with linux installed on them and is using Virtual box.

My question is can we do something similar on a windows machine ? I am using Windows 11 professional and was wondering if we could follow the same process to setup a virtual MPI cluster using hyper V.

I tried to refer to some videos and articles that talked about creating "failover clusters" on hyper v and with which Windows Server was a must, so is the process of creating these "failover clusters" and MPI clusters the same and would I have to install windows server?

I want a simple 2 node virtual cluster which will concurrently execute my MPI program, should I take the long route of creating these "failover clusters" or should I try to do something similar to what has been discussed in the video that I shared?

Also if you could refer me to some resources which can further shed light on how can I possibly create MPI clusters using Hyper-v , it would be of huge help

Cheers!

Answer 1

Hello

Thank you for your question and reaching out. I can understand you are having query\issues related to MPI Cluster.

If you want to setup cluster then you will required Windows server OS along with some storage and Domain controller as well.

If its is for development purpose they Yes you can setup Linux VMs in Hyper-V or Virtualbox which will be simple

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