Re: [Beowulf] 1000baseT NIC and PXE?

2010-03-17 Thread Andrew Robbie (Gmail)
On 16/03/2010, at 7:47 AM, David Mathog wrote: Sorry if this is a silly question, but do any of the inexpensive 1000baseT NICs support PXE boot? Can I suggest you consult the rom-o-matic database maintained by the etherboot/gPXE project? The raw list is at: http://rom-o-matic.net/gpxe/gpxe-

Re: [Beowulf] recommendation on crash cart for a cluster room: full cluster KVM is not an option I suppose?

2009-10-01 Thread Andrew Robbie (Gmail)
On 30/09/2009, at 3:23 PM, Rahul Nabar wrote: Any good recommendation on a crash cart for a cluster room? My last cluster was small and we had the luxury of having a KVM + SIP connecting to each compute node. I doubt that will be feasible this time around , now that I have 200+ nodes. How do o

Re: [Beowulf] HPC fault tolerance using virtualization

2009-06-16 Thread Andrew Robbie (Gmail)
On 16/06/2009, at 5:58 AM, John Hearns wrote: 2009/6/15 Michael Di Domenico : Course having said all that, if you've been watching the linux-kernel mailing list you've probably noticed the Xen/Kvm/Linux HV argument that took place last week. Makes me a little afraid to push any Linux HV

Re: [Beowulf] Tesla systems in Germany?

2008-12-10 Thread Andrew Robbie (GMail)
On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 8:53 PM, Steffen Grunewald < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm looking for someone in Germany who already has access to a Tesla > system. > I have received a request by a scientist for "a very powerful machine", and > would like him to run some tests before spending an

Re: [Beowulf] Roadrunner picture

2008-07-16 Thread Andrew Robbie (GMail)
On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 12:35 AM, Josip Loncaric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Another good link: > > http://www.lanl.gov/orgs/hpc/roadrunner/rrtechnicalseminars2008.shtml As I was reading the slides, one question leap out at me: they have a huge IB network connecting every 'node', but instead of

Re: [Beowulf] visualization machine

2008-03-31 Thread Andrew Robbie (GMail)
On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 9:41 PM, Ricardo Reis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all > > I beg to take advantage of your experience although the topic isn't > completly cluster thing. I got some money to buy a new machine, at least > 8Gb and I'm thinking between a 2 x dual core or a 1 x quad (or

Re: [Beowulf] Question about list

2007-11-24 Thread Andrew Robbie
On 23/11/2007, at 4:52 AM, Jeffrey B. Layton wrote: A quick question about the list. Can I post job openings to the list or is that in bad taste? I guess that depends on whether the list moderators: (a) are looking for a job in the HPC area, or (b) are not. Personally, I don

Re: [Beowulf] Re: question for licensed software users

2007-06-26 Thread Andrew Robbie
On 26/06/2007, at 2:57 AM, Daniel Pfenniger wrote: Hi, I encountered also a NIC problem with Maple flexlm. Flexlm checks the existence of the original eth0 NIC present at Maple install time. This interface was later bad, so a second one was added and used instead of eth0. But then Maple was

Re: [Beowulf] Diskless booting - NIC BIOS

2007-06-20 Thread Andrew Robbie
On 19/06/2007, at 7:58 PM, Robert G. Brown wrote: On Mon, 18 Jun 2007, Ellis Wilson wrote: Thanks Brian, Matt, and rgb, The floppy idea is great (I think I remember now reading about it in rgb's book, but had forgotten), and I certainly will look into that. The motherboards are in some cases

Re: [Beowulf] IB switches: managed or not?

2007-03-09 Thread Andrew Robbie (GMail)
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[Beowulf] IB switches: managed or not?

2007-03-05 Thread Andrew Robbie (GMail)
Hi, I am building a small (~16) node cluster with an IB interconnect. I need to decide whether I will buy a cheaper, dumb switch and run OpenSM, or get a more expensive switch with a built in subnet manager. The largest this system would every grow is 32 nodes (two 24 port switches). Various ven