[Beowulf] Ultimate cluster distro

[pauln]

This isn't really a distribution-related comment but in light of Vincent's
points I think it's appropriate.  We're running diskless nodes from a single
generic root fs ramdisk which is dynamically configured at boot by a
cfengine script.  Other filesystems (ie /usr) are mounted over nfs.  
I've found
that this combination of pxelinux and cfengine is extremely powerful for
managing clusters - especially ones that tend to change frequently. 
paul

Vincent Diepeveen wrote:

> Let me kick off with a few points, most likely many will enhance that 
> with more points
>
> a) having a compiled driver into the kernel of the network card in 
> question
>    this is by far the hardest part.
> b) pdsh installed at all machines and naming of machines in a logical 
> manner
> c) diskless operation at nodes other than the masternode, using local 
> disk only as 'scratch'
> d) because A usually goes wrong the capability to easily compile a 
> vanilla kernel inside the distribution
>
> D is by far most important
>
> Vincent
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eray Ozkural" <examachine at gmail.com>
> To: <beowulf at beowulf.org>
> Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2006 3:06 PM
> Subject: [Beowulf] Ultimate cluster distro
>
>
>> I would like to make a small survey here to get
>> a rough idea of every essential detail in a cluster
>> distro, because I am thinking of writing some add-on
>> for our linux distribution to this end.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> -- 
>> Eray Ozkural (exa), PhD candidate.  Comp. Sci. Dept., Bilkent 
>> University, Ankara
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