Greetings! "Arthur H. Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have started building a Debian Beowulf cluster. However, I am not sure > of the optimal file structure on the nodes, We have a small cluster here, and have taken the perspective that having a local disk root filesystem is good, as it is more widely used, and saves network bandwidth. Many of our data files are very large -- being able to distribute them to local disk across the cluster boosts performance significantly. Of course, your mileage may vary, especially if the cluster is very large. We nfs mount home from the master node, which (alone) is a dual cpu machine. > of appropriate boot methods, We use just plain lilo, setup to export its output to a serial console. > and of the required software. Any assistance or pointers to appropriate The list here is getting to be quite large. I'm not sure if I even know anything comprehensive anymore. We use here: lam (runtime, dev, lib) scalapack, lapack (dev, test, lib, lam shared packages) blas (and atlas!) xmpi plus the standard development stuff. Take care, > resources would be appreciated > > A. H. Edwards > University of new Mexico > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- Camm Maguire [EMAIL PROTECTED] ========================================================================== "The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens." -- Baha'u'llah
