[gridengine users] Gridengine on MAC
Hi I am new to this email list but wonder if there is anyone that has a relatively simple description of how to install GridEngine on a MAC 10.9 MacBook Pro computer. I am using Gridengine on a Linux cluster and want to have transparant scripts. Thank you in advance Michael ___ users mailing list users@gridengine.org https://gridengine.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Re: [gridengine users] Gridengine on MAC
Run linux as a virtual machine on your mac. It will be easier all around. SGE usually builds and compiles under OS X without too much hassle but dealing with all of the "mac stuff" like switching the startup scripts over to the OS X Launchd() framework files is a pain in the arse. My $.02 of course! Michael Ljungberg wrote: > Hi > > I am new to this email list but wonder if there is anyone that has a > relatively simple description of how to install GridEngine on a MAC 10.9 > MacBook Pro computer. I am using Gridengine on a Linux cluster and want > to have transparant scripts. > > > Thank you in advance > > ___ users mailing list users@gridengine.org https://gridengine.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Re: [gridengine users] Gridengine on MAC
Hello, Michael. I think you will spend more time configuring and troubleshooting grid engine on mac than it is worth. Your time is very expensive compared to purchasing an additional Linux server, or I would suggest setting up ssh keys to interact remotely with the Linux cluster. That said, I have some experience installing grid engine on a rack-full of Xservers. This is on old hardware now, Mac OS X Server 10.5 with ge6.2u2_1. I have found mac to be an unstable HPC server environment. I was not able to get ulimit to be honored, so processes would often ignore limits and consume all memory, crashing the system. When the system crashed, I would then have to do a painful ldap restore. I also found that nfs would hard lock very frequently under moderate load. Only by accident did I discover not to trust the mac automount daemon, but instead to mount nfs by command line only. I was able to get grid engine to load on boot with launchd scripts, FYI. Note that Apple seems to be slowly removing all functionality from config files, so you will find things moving, breaking and more unscriptable as you follow OS updates. I admit my unix-like approach to mac servers, and that there is probably a "better" way to do many system tasks, now. Good luck. Cheers. On Sun 04/06/14 09:41AM +0200, Michael Ljungberg wrote: > Hi > > I am new to this email list but wonder if there is anyone that has a > relatively simple description of how to install GridEngine on a MAC 10.9 > MacBook Pro computer. I am using Gridengine on a Linux cluster and want to > have transparant scripts. > > Thank you in advance > > Michael > > > > ___ > users mailing list > users@gridengine.org > https://gridengine.org/mailman/listinfo/users -- Gavin W. Burris Senior IT Project Leader Research and Innovation Team The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania ___ users mailing list users@gridengine.org https://gridengine.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Re: [gridengine users] Gridengine on MAC
Dear Gavin Thank you for your information. Yes the natural way would be to get a linux computer but I already have a large 320 cores cluster already. The idea I had was to have the Gridengine running om my laptop for testing and then when doing the more longer calculations (I am working with Monte Carlo simulations) I will do it on my Linux cluster. I will think about if it worth the efforts!!! Best regards Michael On 2014-04-07 16:07, "Gavin W. Burris" wrote: >Hello, Michael. > >I think you will spend more time configuring and troubleshooting grid >engine on mac than it is worth. Your time is very expensive compared to >purchasing an additional Linux server, or I would suggest setting up ssh >keys to interact remotely with the Linux cluster. That said, I have >some experience installing grid engine on a rack-full of Xservers. This >is on old hardware now, Mac OS X Server 10.5 with ge6.2u2_1. > >I have found mac to be an unstable HPC server environment. I was not >able to get ulimit to be honored, so processes would often ignore limits >and consume all memory, crashing the system. When the system crashed, I >would then have to do a painful ldap restore. I also found that nfs >would hard lock very frequently under moderate load. Only by accident >did I discover not to trust the mac automount daemon, but instead to >mount nfs by command line only. > >I was able to get grid engine to load on boot with launchd scripts, FYI. >Note that Apple seems to be slowly removing all functionality from >config files, so you will find things moving, breaking and more >unscriptable as you follow OS updates. I admit my unix-like approach to >mac servers, and that there is probably a "better" way to do many system >tasks, now. Good luck. > >Cheers. > > >On Sun 04/06/14 09:41AM +0200, Michael Ljungberg wrote: >> Hi >> >> I am new to this email list but wonder if there is anyone that has a >> relatively simple description of how to install GridEngine on a MAC 10.9 >> MacBook Pro computer. I am using Gridengine on a Linux cluster and want >>to >> have transparant scripts. >> >> Thank you in advance >> >> Michael >> >> >> > >> ___ >> users mailing list >> users@gridengine.org >> https://gridengine.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > >-- >Gavin W. Burris >Senior IT Project Leader >Research and Innovation Team >The Wharton School >University of Pennsylvania ___ users mailing list users@gridengine.org https://gridengine.org/mailman/listinfo/users
