Hi all,
Hi Alexandre, it's been a long time !
We are also interested in using Debian on our cluster. We are currently using SystemImager on Redhat for the deployment. Our file server nodes have already been migrated to Squeeze. I'm still thinking about how to migrated computation nodes. http://www.debianclusters.org is a great help but it looks a bit dormant now.
I'm wondering what scheduler and resource manager we should use: - Grid Engine which has been in Debian for years
- Torque which has recently entered in Sid (but without Maui)
Concerning deployment, I saw that SystemImager debian package has been removed and that the upstream developments have almost stopped 2 years ago. I had a look to FAI which seems to be a very active project.
Regards,
Jerome
----- Original Message ----- From: Asmodehn Shade Sent: 27/05/10 03:14 PM To: Carsten Aulbert Subject: Re: Debian Science related blog post (about Debian usage @ EDF)
I am also very interested into debian in cluster and scientific environments. Although i am not really a debian hardcore specialist yet, and i am used to focus more on BSD systems for personal needs, debian is much more maistream, and more easily maintenable than BSD when it comes to large scale / distributed systems.
I worked previousy at EADS and Thales in France, on Linux for some researhc projects, and had to setup and manage a cluster of debian machines last year, for a MMO running in Brazil. So high performane, and very good reliability where both needed. Best thing I ever used there is systemimager. Real Physical Machines could be backed up and restored in a matter of minutes, reliably and remotely. But a the time i wish i had some big cluster achitecture exemple somewhere to follow. i would have probably had it ready for production faster...
debian-hpc might be good, as well as debian-cluster also... I m thinking it might be more of a matter to make people aware of the existene of such possibilities with Linux, and a group of people already doing it and willing to share their knowledge and experience. What about a small website, like a wiki for everyone to share their architecture and setups for exemple ?? The NetBSD guys tried the idea with some success i think, despite the small size of the community. check http://onetbsd.org. There is a "blog aggregator" also... -- Alexandre VINCENT Asmodehn's Corp. IT & OpenSource development http://asmodehn.com
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Jerome Robert
EADS France
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