Cluster Computing

Question

Hello everyone,

I'm not sure if this is the right area for this, but I couldn't find anywhere else this topic seemed to fit.

I would really like to learn about cluster computing.  Specifically, I would like to learn how to build a small cluster, because of course, that would show that I truly understand it.  

However, I am not interested in using a pre-built program;  I would like to program one myself.  Please do not rag on me about this.  I've spent the last several weeks trying to find any information on how to build a small cluster, and I haven't been able to find squat, so my patience is on a thread.

I don't want to build an operating system, just have a program that will run on three separate computers, one of which will be the master, the other the slaves.  Think of this program like the BOINC program.  A program running on an OS will run a set of tasks given to it by the master.

So please, any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated.  

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