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<p class=MsoNormal>I read a ZDnet article on Ubuntu LTS pitching to be your cloud
and data centre distribution on choice.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>It mentions Ubunti Metal-As-A-Service<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1103">http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1103</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/MAAS/">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/MAAS/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I guess this is what clustering types have been doing for a
long time with various cluster deployment and management suites.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Also note Mark Shuttleworths comment about the cost of the
OS per node :<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>“As we enter an era in which ATOM is as important in
the data centre as XEON, an operating system like Ubuntu makes even more sense”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I guess this chimes with the initial Beowulfery spirit –
when you have low-cost nodes, why use an OS (whether it is Windows, Solaris etc)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Which is a significant fraction of the nodes cost.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
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