> On Behalf Of Gerald Creager > I've been quite happy with CentOS 5.3 and we're experimenting with > CentOS 5.4 now. I see good stability in 5.[34]
I have to second the recommendation of 5.3 or 5.4. Some time ago, we saw significant performance improvements on Nehalem (Xeon X5570) in moving from RHEL 5.2 to 5.3. So I expect that moving from 5.1 to 5.[34] would also be a significant improvement in performance. Cheers, -Tom > and the incorporation > of > a couple of tools worth having in a distribution for 'Wulf use. I'd > not > recommend sticking with the old version, but of course, once you're > established, not carelessly upgrading, either. > > gerry > > Joe Landman wrote: > > My apologies if this is bad form, I know Toon from his past > > participation on this list, and he asked me to forward. > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > > > Dear all, > > > > I've been working on hpux-itanium for the last 2 years (and even > > unsubscribed to beowulf-ml during most of that time, my bad) but soon > > will turn back to a beowulf cluster (HP DL380G6's with Xeon X5570, > > amcc/3ware 9690SA-8i with 4 x 600GB Cheetah 15krpm). Now I have a few > > questions on the config. > > > > 1) our company is standardised on RHEL 5.1. Would sticking with rhel > 5.1 > > instead of going to the latest make a difference. > > 2) What are the advantages of the hpc version of rhel. I browsed the > doc > > but unless having to compile mpi myself I do not see a difference or > did > > I miss soth. > > 3) which filesystem is advisable knowing that we're calculating on > large > > berkeley db databases > > > > thanks in advance, > > > > toon > > > > Toon Knapen toon.kna...@gmail.com > > > > ----------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin > Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
