diskless 72 node

Greg Lindahl glindahl at hpti.com
Thu Aug 3 16:36:40 PDT 2000


> we are planning a 72 node Beowulf cluster with diskless nodes.
> We managed to get the grant for it, but the corresponding
> referee doubts that a diskless cluster of this size can work.
> He wants us to find a working "reference installation"
> before we actually can spend the money.

The 1,024 node expansion to CPlant at Sandia has (recently) booted. It has 1
disk on 1 system.

-- greg





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