From: John Hearns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fedora isn't the only kid on the block, and given the short support lifetime I would recommend against using it in a cluster. Fedora is clearly aimed and billed as a cutting edge distro, which will have a release every six months. Most of our clusters have SuSE linux installed, which runs very well on Opteron/EMT64. Our commercial customers tend to go for Redhat Enterprise or SuSE SLES, for compatibility and support of ISV codes.
Hi all, I'm new to posting, however, i do read the list :) John's comment about the short support lifetime of FC raises one of my concerns about distros and cluster set-ups in general. In my department we have RH/FC based clusters. When purchased they came with a pre-installed distro and have pxeboot/images. I then spent time tuning them to our needs. My questions relating to this are: i) Is the practice of buying clusters with pre-installed distros popular? ii) Would it be better to develop our own installation process for clusters so that upgrades, in terms of distros, can be rolled out easily? I feel like i'm tied in some way to the supplier of our cluster for upgrades. iii) Do people regularly upgrade their clusters in relation to distros? I guess this is like asking how long is a piece of string because everyone's needs are different. Apologies if this sounds like a strange first post :) Cheers, Gerald _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
