Hi! On 12/18/06, Jan Engelhardt wrote:

On Dec 18 2006 11:24, HG wrote:

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Subject: [opensuse] How to build a cluster with 64 bit Opterons and SUSE?

Hi!

We would like to build a cluster of multiple Opteron based computers. The usage is for scientific computing (multiple scientists running large processes usually at the same time... :-) Mainly computing but also some large flat file access, no DB stuff.

Can this be done? (I think it can: http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36371 BMW seems to have done it except with woodcrests and not Opterons).

How? Can't find anything really about getting any SUSE version or 2.6 kernel for that matter to work in cluster. Anybody have any experience? Any pointers to resources? Opensourse? Commercial? Whatever?

It does not take much. Clusters at GWD run some SLES8 with LSF, throw in some MPICH programs where you need it, and you are all set. Or were you looking for an OpenMOSIX-style cluster? That would be a different matter harder to solve.

Thanks... I think :-) Sorry, I do have to go and look for MPICH and LSF... as I do not know what those are. OpenMosix... I think I know. Little bit more about the needs: - multiple users (around 12+users) - all running scientific mathematical calculations on software ranging from matlab to self programmed software running with java, python, R, you name it - programs take from few minutes to days to run, usually at least couple of hours - users have hard time to find a "free" CPU/memory So, if we had the calculation servers set up as a cluster, users could find computing resources easily. Or more to the point, they would not have to do that, they just login to the (cluster) server and let the server worry about where it's running their processes. So, I do not know if your terms apply here or not. Altough, I think MPICH sounds like specialized software which we do not have (in that sense at least). -- HG. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-amd64+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-amd64+help@opensuse.org