Hi, We run a 18 node cluster here. However much NIS is known to be troublesome.. we've found it very useful out here, in a closed cluster. Its just so straightforward to setup and maintain.. adding/removing accounts etc. Scripts usually break when the system is upgraded, or the machines are not homogeneous (in terms of distributions etc.)
Similarly, for NFS. If you don't do IO/intensive, then NFS serves very well for having a common view of a user's files anywhere in the cluster. And all our machines are diskless. It runs fine with NIS/NFS. viral On Wed, Oct 18, 2000 at 10:50:09AM -0600, Bock Shannon E Contr AFRL/VSIO wrote: > > Hello, > > We currently have an 8 node cluster running, which is going to be > expanded to 14 then 28 nodes and so on. Right now, we are managing the > users, groups, and passwords manually on each node. What we are trying to > determine is whether or not to use NIS, scripts, or another means to manage > these automatically across the cluster. Each seems to have both good and > bad points. > > What we need to determine is which would be better for our > situation. What kind of problems and/or experiences have been had with > each? Any input would be appreciated. TIA! > > Shannon Bock > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
