On Fri, 22 Oct 2010 at 9:30am, Hearns, John wrote
Hello List,
My University is going for a new HPC System. I was using Rocks +
CentOS
until now but someone suggested to use Redhat HPC Solution with the
new
system.
Please, please don't "roll your own" system (pun intended).
There are lots of companies out there who will provide you with a high
quality, supported
Beowulf cluster. Heck - some of them are respected controbutors to this
list!
IMO, in the right set of circumstances there's absolutely nothing wrong
with rolling your own cluster. For example, say you aleady have the
expertise in house or are budgeting a FTE into the cluster costs (not to
mention "free" undergrad or grad student labor). In those cases, why pay
extra for integration you can do yourself? There's certainly a market for
cluster vendors, but there's also a place for DIY.
--
Joshua "of course, I could be biased" Baker-LePain
QB3 Shared Cluster Sysadmin
UCSF
_______________________________________________
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
