Re: [Beowulf] installint MPI 1.x on RHEL 5.4

2014-04-28 Thread Lux, Jim (337C)
Or Rocks.. http://www.rocksclusters.org/wordpress/ Jim Lux -Original Message- From: Beowulf [mailto:beowulf-boun...@beowulf.org] On Behalf Of r...@q-leap.de Sent: Monday, April 28, 2014 2:36 AM To: beowulf@beowulf.org Subject: Re: [Beowulf] installint MPI 1.x on RHEL 5.4 > "James" =

Re: [Beowulf] Lifespan of a cluster

2014-04-28 Thread Gavin W. Burris
Hi, Jörg. I would say five years is an OK lifetime. If you want to be aggressive about your lifecycle, a case can be made for three years. Things keeping a cluster running longer: - lack of funding - one time cost - lack of communication - it isn't broken - researchers don't pay for electricity,

Re: [Beowulf] installint MPI 1.x on RHEL 5.4

2014-04-28 Thread rf
> "James" == Lux, Jim (337C) writes: James> On 4/26/14, 6:13 AM, "Andrew M.A. Cater" James> wrote: >> >> time or inclination to do homework for students and similar who >> haven't done some preliminary reading for themselves. Hint - >> there are approximately 15 year