This is just an FYI
I know a developer and he said this is still something new canonical are
working on to replace orchestra in regards to provisioning, I dont think
its going ot be ready for prime time at least until the next LTS. I
woudl like to do some testing come summer about this as this is a
feature that interests me greatly.
On 4/17/12 5:26 PM, Hearns, John wrote:
I read a ZDnet article on Ubuntu LTS pitching to be your cloud and
data centre distribution on choice.
It mentions Ubunti Metal-As-A-Service
http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1103
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/MAAS/
I guess this is what clustering types have been doing for a long time
with various cluster deployment and management suites.
Also note Mark Shuttleworths comment about the cost of the OS per node :
"As we enter an era in which ATOM is as important in the data centre
as XEON, an operating system like Ubuntu makes even more sense"
I guess this chimes with the initial Beowulfery spirit -- when you
have low-cost nodes, why use an OS (whether it is Windows, Solaris etc)
Which is a significant fraction of the nodes cost.
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