RE: possible debian cluster
On Wed, 20 Jan 1999, Lonnie Sauter wrote:
> Barak,
>
> I have setup a cluster of alphas (PC164LX 533Mhz). I maintain the darn thing
> also. I do not want the job, but as I found it hard to get ANYONE running an
> alpha beowulf cluster to help me, I offer my assitance whenever possible.
>
> I run Debian on the cluster and would not use anything else. Basically we have
> a service node where all processes are started and compiled, and 16 compute
> nodes. I use rsync to keep things inline.
I agree, Debian is great on clusters. Mine is just a PC cluster, but the
maintanance is pretty similar after the installation.
I would like to see how you set up rsync. Running dselect on every node
would be rediculous, but I haven't yet set up a nice rsync system to
distribute system updates.
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