Re: [Beowulf] OT, X11 editor which works well for very remote systems

2018-06-07 Thread Brian Oborn
al X session at any resolution/bitdepth just for their use. Brian Oborn > > Regards, > > David Mathog > mat...@caltech.edu > Manager, Sequence Analysis Facility, Biology Division, Caltech > ___ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowul

Re: [Beowulf] Thoughts on git?

2017-12-19 Thread Brian Oborn
?" Git has the advantage that it doesn't require a server to track the commits for a single person so you could just use it on a local filesystem with normal file-level backups. That would reduce the complexity quite a bit. Brian Oborn On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 10:11 AM, Faraz Hussain wr

Re: [Beowulf] Generation of strings MPI fashion..

2016-10-07 Thread Brian Oborn
One note is that you'll want to use /dev/urandom instead of /dev/random as you're not doing cryptography and you'll quickly run out of entropy in /dev/random. Brian Oborn On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 12:19 PM, Darren Wise wrote: > Heya folks, > > This may seem really simple

Re: [Beowulf] User notification of new software on the cluster

2016-10-06 Thread Brian Oborn
ernal videoconferencing. Brian Oborn On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 8:37 PM, Christopher Samuel wrote: > On 29/09/16 21:03, John Hanks wrote: > > > Acknowledging that this is an area where personal preference and > > existing culture play a very big role in what works for any given > > group

Re: [Beowulf] AMD cards with integrated SSD slots

2016-07-27 Thread Brian Oborn
On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 7:31 PM, Scott Atchley wrote: > None have AMD CPUs? Number three Titan has AMD Interlagos CPUs and NVIDIA > GPUs. > > I stand corrected (I was doing a search for AMD, not Opteron). Going through the list again I count 12 systems using Opterons. Thanks!

[Beowulf] AMD cards with integrated SSD slots

2016-07-27 Thread Brian Oborn
le GPU RAM, system RAM, GPU storage, system storage, and inter-node networking might make this too difficult to scale beyond a single system? Thanks, Brian Oborn ___ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your su

Re: [Beowulf] Compute Node OS on Local Disk vs. Ram Disk

2008-09-30 Thread Brian Oborn
ke a new disk :-) This is how our cluster boots. I have a custom initrd that sets up the network, partitions and formats the hard drives if necessary, rsyncs the root filesystem, and then pivots root to it. It works well except that the fileserver gets hammered if there's a time when ma

Re: [Beowulf] Green Cluster?

2008-07-23 Thread Brian Oborn
[snip] Generally speaking, if you have a large cluster, and you have enough work for it, it is going to be running flat out 24x7. If it isn't, you've bought more hardware than you need. There are many cases where a cluster is not used for continuously for calculations, but rather to reduce tu

Re: [Beowulf] Re: wajig for Ubuntu/Debian package management

2008-02-20 Thread Brian Oborn
). I don't think it's as comprehensive as rpm -V, but if you're really concerned you should be using tripwire or the like. Brian Oborn ___ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or

Re: [Beowulf] Cheap SDR IB

2008-02-01 Thread Brian Oborn
switch costs? Could this be extended to ring or hypercube topologies? Thanks, Brian Oborn ___ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf

[Beowulf] Acceptable rad limits for cluster rooms?

2006-06-18 Thread Brian Oborn
anybody on this list could offer insight into "acceptable" radiation limits for normal, rackmount cluster nodes with ECC memory, and if there are energy threasholds in beta and gamma radiation that might be significant. Thanks for any input. B