Hi Bjørn-Helge, Bjørn-Helge Mevik <[email protected]> writes:
> I apologize for the slightly off-topic subject, but I could not think of > a better forum to ask. If you know of a more proper place to ask this, > I'd be happy to know about it. > > We are currently in the design fase for a new cluster that is going to > be set up next year. We have so far used Rocks (on top of CentOS) for > cluster provisioning. However, Rocks don't support CentOS >= 7, and it > doesn't look like it will in the near future. Also for other reasons, > we are looking for alternatives to Rocks. > > So, what are you using for cluster provisioning? > > - Rocks? > - A different provisioning tool? > - A locally developed solution? We currently use Bright Cluster Manager, but are looking to move away from this due to cost, lack of an update path from our current set-up, and the fact that the integration with Slurm locked us to version 2.2.7 for a long time until we decided to do without the integration and installed an up-to-date version. I am currently setting up a test cluster and shall be looking at - Warewulf - DRBL - maybe xCat I would also be interested in other options. Cheers, Loris -- Dr. Loris Bennett (Mr.) ZEDAT, Freie Universität Berlin Email [email protected]
