On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 11:19:59AM -0700, Nick I wrote: > Hi, > At www.clusterbuilder.org/FAQ <http://www.clusterbuilder.org/FAQ> there is a > question about what OS and cluster management software are the best for a > cluster system. Does anyone have any advice on Debian as a cluster OS? > > Here is the question: > > "I'm bulding a project for a cluster that consists on 64 machines running > each 2x Dual Core AMD Opteron with 2GB of memory per core (8GB per machine). > We already have everything else accounted for except for the software. We > have serious doubts on what would be best for the OS and the cluster > management software. The OS has to be open source. Please give me some > advice on what you think you be the best performance solution for it. It > doesn''t matter if it's not free. " >
Use the Debian AMD64 distribution - it should have everything you could possibly need. I have a machine running 2 x Opteron with 2.5G of memory at work. Works fine: 64 bit clean: has most software anyone could want - if you need maths software, for example, or genome sequencing stuff or ... chances are that Debian is the only Linux which bothers to package it. > Also, if anyone has any advice on cluster management software, please send > it. I am trying to build a knowldgebase of different opinions on software. > > Thanks, > Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]