Re: Best cluster OS
On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 11:19:59AM -0700, Nick I wrote:
> Hi,
> At www.clusterbuilder.org/FAQ <http://www.clusterbuilder.org/FAQ> there is a
> question about what OS and cluster management software are the best for a
> cluster system. Does anyone have any advice on Debian as a cluster OS?
>
> Here is the question:
>
> "I'm bulding a project for a cluster that consists on 64 machines running
> each 2x Dual Core AMD Opteron with 2GB of memory per core (8GB per machine).
> We already have everything else accounted for except for the software. We
> have serious doubts on what would be best for the OS and the cluster
> management software. The OS has to be open source. Please give me some
> advice on what you think you be the best performance solution for it. It
> doesn''t matter if it's not free. "
>
Use the Debian AMD64 distribution - it should have everything you could
possibly need. I have a machine running 2 x Opteron with 2.5G of memory
at work. Works fine: 64 bit clean: has most software anyone could want -
if you need maths software, for example, or genome sequencing stuff or
... chances are that Debian is the only Linux which bothers to package
it.
> Also, if anyone has any advice on cluster management software, please send
> it. I am trying to build a knowldgebase of different opinions on software.
>
> Thanks,
> Nick
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