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Hello everyone!<br>
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I am getting started on a cluster building project at my university.
We just replaced all of our lab machines so I am going to be using
the old machines to rebuild our cluster. The intention is for the
system to be used for scientific computation. I am trying to decide
on a linux distribution to use. Does it matter all that much? Any
advice would be greatly appreciated. Book suggestions would help
too. I am waiting to receive <a class="title"
href="http://www.amazon.com/Building-Clustered-Linux-Systems-Robert/dp/0131448536/ref=sr_1_20?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1347832213&sr=1-20&keywords=building+linux+clusters">Building
Clustered Linux Systems</a> <span class="ptBrand">by <a
href="http://www.amazon.com/Robert-W.-Lucke/e/B001IQXRT6/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_20?qid=1347832213&sr=1-20">Robert
W. Lucke</a> but my advisor for the project is concerned that it
may be out of date for what we are doing. Please share your ideas.
Thanks!<br>
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-Jeffrey Rossiter<br>
</span><span class="ptBrand"><a
href="http://www.amazon.com/Robert-W.-Lucke/e/B001IQXRT6/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_20?qid=1347832213&sr=1-20"></a></span>
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