On 12/12/07 01:48, Fernando C. Estrada wrote:
El mié, 12-12-2007 a las 10:33 +1000, Michael Mansour escribió:
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There are so many which all serve different purposes. What purpose are you
trying to serve?
Michael.
It's a basic cluster, 12 computers (i386), and the purpose is learn
about instalation and some of administration. I have experience with
Debian, but I don't know if I need special learning about SL or if only
with manuals about RedHat.
Red Hat manuals should be fine for SL or CentOS. Debian keeps some
config/system files in different places, and has a different installer.
> The goal is run scientific applications, and
integrate with the Grid team in the University, so, I think that I need
high processing clusters knowledge too.
In which case you probably should read up on
1. Kickstart installations (Google, T.U.V has
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/sysadmin-guide/ch-kickstart2.html
)
2. batch system (ask you Grid guys for their preferred system -
PBS/Torque/CONDOR/...) - so you actually can "integrate".
3. a way to maintain the machines. "SSH" may do for the beginning, but
to ensure long-term consistency you may want to have a look at automated
configuration management (cfengine/puppet/quattor/..).
An alternative that combines 1. and 3. is NCAPI "ROCKS",
http://www.rocksclusters.org
Regards
Jan
