Hey Paul: No this has been thought of before, see Thin-OSCAR:
http://thin-oscar.sourceforge.net/ You can bug Benoit about the status of the project ;-) Cheers, Bernard > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Paul Greidanus > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 15:44 > To: OSCAR-devel > Subject: [Oscar-devel] Diskless Nodes > > I'm not sure if this has come up before, but I was just > thinking about diskless cluster nodes, or if not diskless, > run them so they boot network, and use the entirety of the > local disk as scratch? > > This of course would increase load on the head node, and add > more traffic to the network, but would it be worthwhile as an > option to add to oscar? Or is it a horrible idea for > clusters in general? > > > -- > Paul Greidanus > CAD Administrator / Systems Administrator > Center of Excellence in Integrated Nanotools University of Alberta > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 780-492-7368 > http://www.cein.ualberta.ca > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from > real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Oscar-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-devel > ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=click _______________________________________________ Oscar-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-devel
