[Beowulf] Which distro for the cluster?

2006-12-28 Thread Chetoo Valux
Dear all, As a Linux user I've worked with several distros as RedHat, SuSE, Debian and derivatives, and recently Gentoo. Now I face the challenge of building a HPC for scientific calculations, and I wonder which distro would suit me best. As a Gentoo user, I've recognised the power of customisat

[Beowulf] Selling computation time

2006-12-27 Thread Chetoo Valux
Dear all, Maybe these dates I've drunk too much champagne, but I've wondered about the following: as you know building and maintining a cluster is not a trivial issue, not to mention housing it ... I wonder then if there would be potential buyers for cluster time. I've been browsing, not too de