On 25 Oct 2008, at 5:01 am, Matt Lawrence wrote:
On Fri, 24 Oct 2008, Alan Ward wrote:
Perhaps an alternative way to go for a cluster install disk would
be a bog standard Debian/Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu boot iso image,
with a customized install script that pulls in a suplementary set
of pa
On Fri, 24 Oct 2008, Robert G. Brown wrote:
Awe, surely I could be "Best HPC software product or technology"
(rgb-bot, after all:-). Or maybe "Best HPC cluster solution" -- "Ask
rgb..." ;-)
Maybe, but I would still rather vote for cymk instead..
-- Matt
It's not what I know that counts.
It's
On Fri, 24 Oct 2008, Alan Ward wrote:
Perhaps an alternative way to go for a cluster install disk would be a
bog standard Debian/Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu boot iso image, with a
customized install script that pulls in a suplementary set of packages
over the network and does some extra configurati
Robert G. Brown wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Oct 2008, Geoff Jacobs wrote:
>
>> Or package the source packages and submit them upstream. Volunteer for a
>> life of servitude!
>
> Well, I was thinking more of site-specific custom cuts a la this sort
> of thing:
>
>> Usually when I build a cluster, I make
On Fri, 24 Oct 2008, Joe Landman wrote:
Don't know if there is interest here, but HPCwire has their annual readers
choice awards. Unfortunately they don't have a category for RGB, but they
should. Here is the linky to the blog entry ...
http://www.hpcwire.com/blogs/2008_HPCwire_Readers_Choic
Don't know if there is interest here, but HPCwire has their annual
readers choice awards. Unfortunately they don't have a category for
RGB, but they should. Here is the linky to the blog entry ...
http://www.hpcwire.com/blogs/2008_HPCwire_Readers_Choice_Nominations_Are_Open.html
Vote early .
On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 03:31:19PM +0100, John Hearns wrote:
>
>Joe has just mentioned NFS over RDMA, a subject which I have somewhat
>of a passing interest in.
>
>What's the perceived wisdom on it? Biggest, best shiny new thing on the
>block? Works just fine?
There are some hard
John Hearns wrote:
Joe has just mentioned NFS over RDMA, a subject which I have somewhat of
a passing interest in.
What's the perceived wisdom on it? Biggest, best shiny new thing on the
block? Works just fine?
Or should it be in the basement inside a locked filing cabinet in a
disused lavatory
On Fri, 24 Oct 2008, Geoff Jacobs wrote:
Or package the source packages and submit them upstream. Volunteer for a
life of servitude!
Well, I was thinking more of site-specific custom cuts a la this sort
of thing:
Usually when I build a cluster, I make local builds of MPICH2 for each
compiler
On 24 Oct 2008, at 3:09 pm, Joe Landman wrote:
Carsten Aulbert wrote:
Hi Jon
Jon Aquilina wrote:
but why waste time sifting through all 26,000+ pkgs in the repos
when u
can have a distro with repos focused on clustering pkgs?
Because you might/will save time later when you hit user requests
did this person use the ssh exploit that red hat found a few months ago?
are you referring to the event which caused them to change their
rpm signing keys? I thought that was not an exploit, but rather
that someone's ssh key got exposed one way or other.
_
Joe has just mentioned NFS over RDMA, a subject which I have somewhat of a
passing interest in.
What's the perceived wisdom on it? Biggest, best shiny new thing on the
block? Works just fine?
Or should it be in the basement inside a locked filing cabinet in a disused
lavatory with a sign saying Bew
Hi Alan,
Alan Ward wrote:
> My point was that it may be easier to modify a Debian (or Ubuntu server)
> edition than Kubuntu since Kubuntu is more desktop-oriented.
As a starting point I would always use Ubuntu's server edition when you
want to go with Ubuntu.
http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whati
Carsten Aulbert wrote:
Hi Jon
Jon Aquilina wrote:
but why waste time sifting through all 26,000+ pkgs in the repos when u
can have a distro with repos focused on clustering pkgs?
Because you might/will save time later when you hit user requests which
want packages which are not pre-packaged i
It is much the same in the Debian world. As has been pointed out today, there
are some differences between Ubuntu and Debian as to package versions
(different kernel versions) and artwork packages, but you can often use
packages from a Debian repository with a Ubuntu installation. Perhaps also
Probably too late to get it onto the schedule, but I think it could be a
useful discussion to get troubles and best practices talked about.
Certainly away from areas where people may become unhappy with content
or wording, and we can all have frank and open discussions. This would
be a good t
Robert G. Brown wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Oct 2008, Jon Aquilina wrote:
>
>> true but if there is something that isnt in there i would be more then
>> willing to add it to the repo.
>
> But what is the ADVANTAGE of reducing the number of packages in a
> warehouse from which one pulls packages, when the
Prentice Bisbal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The trust is that if you already have and AD installation and the AD
> controllers have Microsoft Services for Unix (MSSFU, or just SFU) 3.5 or
> later, you have everything you need to use your AD servers as Kerberos
> and LDAP masters for your Linux c
"John Hearns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have to confess my Google skills have failed me.
> If I'm not wrong, there was a recent discussion in these parts re. using
> Active Directory
> with Linux.
[I assume that means GNU/Linux.] You probably want to be more specific
about the value of `us
Chris Samuel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> We were trying to do that for one of our members, but
> were told by the AD admins that we could only use the
> users credentials to bind to the AD server for queries
> as they were using lockouts on failed password attempts
> and so would not provide a "
On Fri, 24 Oct 2008, Jon Aquilina wrote:
true but if there is something that isnt in there i would be more then
willing to add it to the repo.
But what is the ADVANTAGE of reducing the number of packages in a
warehouse from which one pulls packages, when the filled warehouse
already exists and
On 24 Oct 2008, at 12:42 pm, Jon Aquilina wrote:
but why waste time sifting through all 26,000+ pkgs in the repos
when u can
have a distro with repos focused on clustering pkgs?
They're grouped according to purpose, so I didn't have to do any such
sifting. That list I produced from a cur
true but if there is something that isnt in there i would be more then
willing to add it to the repo.
On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Carsten Aulbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Hi Jon
>
> Jon Aquilina wrote:
> > but why waste time sifting through all 26,000+ pkgs in the repos when u
> > can h
Hi Jon
Jon Aquilina wrote:
> but why waste time sifting through all 26,000+ pkgs in the repos when u
> can have a distro with repos focused on clustering pkgs?
Because you might/will save time later when you hit user requests which
want packages which are not pre-packaged in your cluster distro.
but why waste time sifting through all 26,000+ pkgs in the repos when u can
have a distro with repos focused on clustering pkgs?
On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 1:19 PM, Tim Cutts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On 24 Oct 2008, at 11:26 am, Alan Ward wrote:
>
>
>>
>> Kubuntu-derived? Would Debian not be a
Hi, (I send this yesterday already to LKML, so sorry if you receive this
twice),
on Intel X3220 CPU based systems (4 physical cores) I came across the
following thing (Debian etch, with vanilla kernel 2.6.25.9):
starting the following:
$ screen -d -m stress -c 2
$ nice -19 screen -d -m stress -c
On 24 Oct 2008, at 11:26 am, Alan Ward wrote:
Kubuntu-derived? Would Debian not be a better way to go, as in not
installing any graphical stuff unless the user needs it?
Ubuntu is a little ahead of Debian in terms of some of the cluster
software it contains. For example, gluster is in
On 24 Oct 2008, at 11:16 am, Jon Aquilina wrote:
my response
Im not goign to turn this into a distro war everyone is entitled to
their
opinions and preferences. that is not the problem packaing or
repackaing
everything.
are there any debian based distros out there?
You don't really ne
Kubuntu-derived? Would Debian not be a better way to go, as in not installing
any graphical stuff unless the user needs it?
As for testing, if you have a workstation with 1-2 Gigs of RAM, perhaps you
could consider a "virtual cluster".
Cheers,
-Alan
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From: [EMAI
>>my response
Im not goign to turn this into a distro war everyone is entitled to their
opinions and preferences. that is not the problem packaing or repackaing
everything.
are there any debian based distros out there?
>> from john hearns
Oooh, here we go again. Distro wars :-)
Jon, if I may b
Nowadays many exposition halls, restaurants etc. in Europe have stratified wood
beams. These need to be treated with fire retardants by regulation, in which
case they are actually more safe than steel (steel bends and bucles when
warmed).
You could take a look at whatever products they use to
now i see why the sudo approach adopted by debian and the kubuntu line is a
good way to go. this is providing me with real motivation to start the
development of my own kubuntu derived cluster distro. thing is i would need
someone to give lists of pkgs that is used in a cluster and also testers and
I am not so sure that wood is as flammable as you think.
Hard wood needs sustained heat for a reasonably long period of time to get
going.
And anyway for a computer system there is no reason why you can't do some
fireproofing - get some borates, silicates or other salts to keep the organic
mat
On 24 Oct 2008, at 12:38 am, Chris Samuel wrote:
- "Tim Cutts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
If you just want to authenticate against AD, you don't need anything
commercial at all. You can just configure PAM on your Linux boxes to
authenticate against AD, and configure your nsswitch.conf t
did this person use the ssh exploit that red hat found a few months ago?
On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Nifty niftyompi Mitch <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 05:39:17AM +0200, B. Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
> .
> > hi Joe,
> >
> > Thanks for your post. Very interesting to
On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 05:39:17AM +0200, B. Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
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> hi Joe,
>
> Thanks for your post. Very interesting to see all this. Especially the
> summary on what the
> hacker tried.
>
> Note i was quite amazed that you mentioned Rocks distribution getting
> used with you.
> A few
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