RE: [Beowulf] Beowulf SysAdmin Job Description

2009-05-05 Thread Steve Herborn
Yes the first set of tasks, not the second. True IT Management (at like the Director, CTO/CIO level) takes years of practical experience in many IT disciplines and additional training to attain the proficiency to perform the task semi-competently, let alone well. Normally PhD level Scientists

[Beowulf] Tyan S7002 for Nehalem-based nodes

2009-05-05 Thread Mikhail Kuzminsky
Is there some contra-indications for using of Tyan S7002 AG2NR w/Xeon 5520 for cluster nodes ? May be somebody have some experience w/S7002 ? Mikhail Kuzminsky Computer Assistance to Chemical Research Center Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry RAS Moscow

Re: [Beowulf] Tyan S7002 for Nehalem-based nodes

2009-05-05 Thread Bruno Coutinho
It doesn't have IPMI, S7002GM2NR-LE have IPMI. This motherboard is only cost-effective if you put 12GB or less ram: According to ( http://www.delltechcenter.com/page/04-08-2009+-+Nehalem+and+Memory+Configurations) if you use the black memory slot you will have a unbalance memory configuration and

Re: [Beowulf] newbie

2009-05-05 Thread Matt Lawrence
On Mon, 4 May 2009, Prentice Bisbal wrote: In an ideal world, the code/Makefiles/configure scripts would written such that any standards-compliant compiler would work, but that's not always the case. That's the nice thing about standards, there are so many of them to choose from. -- Matt