On Sun, 2 Feb 2020 21:51:21 -0500, you wrote:
>I'm testing FreeBSD right now and will test *SunOS before commiting a full
>deployment.
>
>My initial 3 nodes are socket 940 Opteron based. I'm planning to acquire
>two nodes of dual cpu hexacore Xeons for the cost of a small road trip next
>weekend
At least get a 4U, 4 CPU rack machine and don't even think of any GPU older
than 2016. Better yet, look toward a DELL T440, they sell off when the warranty
starts to go, practically new, at prices that will shock you; if you have paid
for a laptop or phone recently.
Industrial cast-offs are the
On 2/1/20 10:21 PM, Mark Kosmowski wrote:
Should I consider Solaris or illumos?
No.
I've tried to use modern tooling on Illumos (OpenSolaris fork) in the
form of SmartOS, and it just isn't supported in most build
environments. Solaris is dead. The level of effort to build basic
tools is
On 2/3/20 12:31 PM, David Mathog wrote:
On 2020-02-02 19:25, beowulf-requ...@beowulf.org wrote:
On Sat, 1 Feb 2020 22:21:09 -0500, you wrote:
>Should I consider Solaris or illumos?
Unless you are absolutely sure the software you want to run works on
Solaris, using Solaris/Illumos is likely aski
On 2020-02-02 19:25, beowulf-requ...@beowulf.org wrote:
On Sat, 1 Feb 2020 22:21:09 -0500, you wrote:
>Should I consider Solaris or illumos?
Unless you are absolutely sure the software you want to run works on
Solaris, using Solaris/Illumos is likely asking for trouble.
I'm testing FreeBSD right
