On Wednesday 12 December 2007 09:06:18 you wrote: > > > > 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
You may also want to think about building up a sharedroot cluster. In this case you'd be able to manage the whole cluster almost like a single server. Have a look at http://open-sharedroot.org/ There are several HowTos availabe e.g. for SL5 you should use: http://open-sharedroot.org/documentation/rhel5-gfs-shared-root-mini-howto Mark -- Gruss / Regards, Dipl.-Ing. Mark Hlawatschek http://www.atix.de/ http://www.open-sharedroot.org/ ** ATIX Informationstechnologie und Consulting AG Einsteinstr. 10 85716 Unterschleissheim Deutschland/Germany
