> I personally like the idea of putting one admin server in each rack. >they don't have to be fancy servers, by any means.
*LOLOL* At first I was guilty of the one things I am always getting on the other guys for-thinking too literally. I was going to say there is no room in the rack. Of course, the server would not have to even be on the same side of the room. :) >> There are a few modifications you have to make to increase the number of >> bootps before >> it fails. > > do you mean you'd expect load problems even with a single sever > dedicated only to dhcp? dhcp is not the problem (it is only critical during kickstart and for laptops moved in on a temporary basis. tftp was a problem because of xinetd. We bought 1024 dual opt nodes in 16 racks. When we received the first 6 racks we triggered them all for install-it did not work as expected. >> So now to figure out my next step. I will need local space for logs and >> data/temp data files. > > why would you want logs local? We have huge data sets, huge scratch data, huge library data (travel time sets) and I worry about network traffic. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
