Hi all, we are currently looking into the problem, how to keep track of computers which we are going to buy. On the one hand there are the standard tools to monitor a running cluster like ganglia, nagios, zenoss, ... but these are - to my understanding - just for monitoring the current status.
However, I would like to have something where we have something like a large table about the hardware in question. In there information like * vendor * serial number * MAC addresses (eth0, eth1,..., IPMI, RAID,...) * maybe even firmware versions and serial numbers of exchangeable internal hardware (hard disks) * basically all physical information of the box another table should hold the current setup, i.e. a mapping between the hardware and the "logical" setup, e.g. Hardware box number #1234 from above table has in the current setup the following... * hostname * IP addresses * running services * ... And finally, another table where special problems, like memory errors and the like can be entered. I know this sounds just like three medium sized SQL tables, but at least I wanted to ask what people are using if more than a single person is working on the cluster. One person can probably do this with a simple text file and a set of papers in a filing cabinet. Thanks a lot for any answers Carsten _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
