--- Walid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Some of the inconsistencies we see is usually when one of the admin > choses > the easy routes, and does changes manually to a set of nodes, and > does not > update the installation files (our installations are rpm kickstart > based), > others are becuase we manage quite a large variants and by mistake or > intention configurations files that are not supposed to be on cluster > A > appears on Cluster B. >
Walid, having dealt with this kind of problems in the past, I have learned to recognize that you have a "people problem" for which I have not yet found a satisfactory technical solution. > > That is one reason why they want to push some commercial tools, They > want > to minimize the amount of customizations that are done locally by the > team, > as some writes in bash, another writes in Perl, and the other prefers > Python, in the long run there is an issue of maintaining the scripts, > and > knowing which set of scripts belongs to which cluster, and what kind > of > modifications are needed for new clusters,.etc all of which is > documented, > but that is another story > Putting a person in charge who establishes a few ground rules, monitors their implementation and therefore manages the IT effort is likely a more successful yet more costly approach. On a related note, cfengine can make life easier for heterogeneous cluster administration. Roland _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
