----- Original Message ----- > I was on Skype for a while with a friend last night. He has not really > used Linux for very much before, but he is interested in trying out a > Linux cluster with six Fujitsu Siemens rx100 s4. He tried CHAOS, but > a) it said > it didn't detect the network card (Broadcom) b) it doesn't present a > Linux login screen (and from what little I found about CHAOS, it has a > monolithic kernel). I pointed him here, but he hasn't been a member > before, don't > know if he will join the email list or not. > > I'm not at all familiar with Linux clustering, just the usual > stand-alone desktop / server. Any ideas, pointers, etc. appreciated.
First part of any cluster is deciding what application you are going to run on it. That will determine how you need to present the hardware to it. If your friend just wants to consolidate the compute power and then do virtualized machines on top, that is different than say running some heavy analytically software like protein folding. Like may things in life, if you know the right questions, the answers seem to just appear. -- Steven Critchfield [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
