On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:56:18 -0600 Geoff Jacobs <gdjac...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Nifty Tom Mitchell wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 05:06:17PM +0530, Indrajit Deb wrote: > >> Hello, > >> I want to setup beowulf for my eight node cpu to run simulation. Debian > >> 4.0 is installed in each cpu. I am not familiar with beowulf. If any > >> one help me to setup beowulf for the begining to the end i will be > >> grateful. > >> Thanks. > >> Indrajit Deb > >> Research Scholar. > >> Dept. of Biophysics, Molecular Biology & Bioinformatics > >> Calcutta University > >> Kolkata > >> India > >> Ph. +919239202278 > > > > Hmm Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics.... > > Which Molucular modeling code do you plan to run. > > Most but not all are built on MPI libraries does > > Debian have a pre-packaged MPI development and > > run time environment. Look for things like Open MPI... > > Yes, it does. OpenMPI, LAM, MPICH (but only version 1.2.x). > > > The simulation codes you plan to run will decide > > a lot of things. For example it may cause you to move from > > Debian to ROCKS/Centos or something else. Based > > on your question you are a Bio guy more than > > a computer guy. If so let your application codes drive > > the cluster decisions. > > Why do you say this? Debian (5.0, what I checked just now) includes all > the basic Beowulf elements and even tosses in GROMACS pre-compiled for > OpenMPI. If it's what his people are used to there's no reason to switch. > > I would recommend using Debian 5.0 though, just so the latest GNU > compilers are available. > Debian has most of the programs needed to run a cluster except as far as I can tell a queue system. I had to install torcs/maui from source and recompile openmpi to support them (regrettably the latest version of debian's openmpi source package doesn't compile properly with torcs support so I had to go one back. It doesn't link with the torcs library for some reason). _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
