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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Hi. I'm doing a plan-out for a Beowulf
cluster with the following specs:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>256 (possibly 512) Alpha-Processor Inc. CS20 Nodes
with dual 833mhz Processors with 4mb DDR L2 cache each, 512 meg
SDRAM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>GigaNet VI Lan Interconnection</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Raritan Paragon KVM Switch for all
nodes</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>1-4 CS20 Head-ends with 2gb SDRAM and two GigaNet
adapters</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Are there any recommendations on what Linux
distribution I should use here? How much storage space I should have on a
RAID server?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Sam Harper<BR>Tibernia<BR><A
href="mailto:mudguy@speedfactory.net">mudguy@speedfactory.net</A><BR>770-401-5518</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>