On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 7:46 AM, Chris Samuel <csam...@vpac.org> wrote: > Even though we could reproduce it on 64-bit Debian > and 32-bit CentOS they wouldn't escalate the issue > until we could reproduce it on RHEL5 - which we did > today. >
Thanks for sharing the anecdote Chris. I wonder if there is any clause in the contracts restricting us to run certain OS's. So long as we are using a "reputable" well-tested OS I find it unfair that the vendors engage in so much arm-twisting. Is there any scientific evidence that the core kernels of Debian or Fedora or CenOS (that *is* essentially RHEL isn't it?) are any less reliable then RHEL? What is / are the distros of choice on the Beowulf community? Just getting a feel. I have tried out cutting edge distros meant for scientific applications like ScientificLinux or ComputeNodeLinux but I've found it more practical to stick to a larger, well used distro. No doubt I might take some performance cuts on the benchmarks but the simple reality of a larger user community out there makes it easier to debug stuff and get well-tested apps and code that will run on my Distro out-of-the box. -- Rahul _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
