On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 09:43:48AM -0400, Gus Correa wrote: > Douglas Guptill wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 07, 2010 at 12:37:54PM -0600, Ralph Castain wrote: >> >>> No....afraid not. Things work pretty well, but there are places >>> where things just don't mesh. Sub-node allocation in particular is >>> an issue as it implies binding, and slurm and ompi have conflicting >>> methods. >>> >>> It all can get worked out, but we have limited time and nobody cares >>> enough to put in the effort. Slurm just isn't used enough to make it >>> worthwhile (too small an audience). >> >> I am about to get my first HPC cluster (128 nodes), and was >> considering slurm. We do use MPI. >> >> Should I be looking at Torque instead for a queue manager? >> > Hi Douglas > > Yes, works like a charm along with OpenMPI. > I also have MVAPICH2 and MPICH2, no integration w/ Torque, > but no conflicts either.
Thanks, Gus. After some lurking and reading, I plan this: Debian (lenny) + fai - for compute-node operating system install + Torque - job scheduler/manager + MPI (Intel MPI) - for the application + MPI (OpenMP) - alternative MPI Does anyone see holes in this plan? Thanks, Douglas -- Douglas Guptill voice: 902-461-9749 Research Assistant, LSC 4640 email: douglas.gupt...@dal.ca Oceanography Department fax: 902-494-3877 Dalhousie University Halifax, NS, B3H 4J1, Canada _______________________________________________ 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
