[gentoo-user] Re: Install PreQualifying Matrix

2015-08-22 Thread James
Rich Freeman gentoo.org> writes: > Don't get me wrong - I appreciate the desire for bare-metal > performance in the high-performance computing world. I've heard > stories/rumors of Gentoo getting attention elsewhere in this domain, > and we have a disproportionate number of physical scientists

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Install PreQualifying Matrix

2015-08-22 Thread Rich Freeman
On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 11:29 PM, James wrote: > Rich Freeman gentoo.org> writes: >> > for (BS) Big Science, imho. BS needs all resources solving and >> > supporting a single problem, with as low of latency as possible. > >> What kind of latency are you expecting to get with Gentoo running on >>

[gentoo-user] Re: Install PreQualifying Matrix

2015-08-21 Thread James
Rich Freeman gentoo.org> writes: > > for (BS) Big Science, imho. BS needs all resources solving and > > supporting a single problem, with as low of latency as possible. > What kind of latency are you expecting to get with Gentoo running on > CoreOS? A process inside a container is no differe

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Install PreQualifying Matrix

2015-08-21 Thread Rich Freeman
On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 3:28 PM, James wrote: > You are right and you are wrong:: Openstack nor CoreOS are the best approach > for (BS) Big Science, imho. BS needs all resources solving and supporting a > single problem, with as low of latency as possible. What kind of latency are you expecting t

[gentoo-user] Re: Install PreQualifying Matrix

2015-08-21 Thread James
Rich Freeman gentoo.org> writes: > > Besides, if I want to deploy 50 systems for a cluster, one at a time in > > parallel what do you recommend? via handbook? The modern diversity of > > hardware options has rendered the gentoo handbook, dysfunctional, > > at best, imho. ymmv. > I have mixed f

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Install PreQualifying Matrix

2015-08-21 Thread Rich Freeman
On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 11:39 AM, James wrote: > Dale gmail.com> writes: > > Besides, if I want to deploy 50 systems for a cluster, one at a time in > parallel what do you recommend? via handbook? The modern diversity of > hardware options has rendered the gentoo handbook, dysfunctional, at best,

[gentoo-user] Re: Install PreQualifying Matrix

2015-08-21 Thread James
Dale gmail.com> writes: > > Blueness is a wonderful and collegial type of dev > > and is currently seeking input on his 'alpha' ideas:: > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:RelEng_GRS His work is progressing and there are (3) major versions just posted to gentoo-dev. > So this is to crea

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Install PreQualifying Matrix

2015-08-18 Thread Dale
James wrote: > Dale gmail.com> writes: > > >> James wrote: >>> What I really would appreciate is some feedback on the Planning >>> Questions listed below, as to help folks organized their thoughts and >>> hardware details BEFORE actually performing an install or test-drive. > >>> Many/most of the

[gentoo-user] Re: Install PreQualifying Matrix

2015-08-17 Thread James
Jeremi Piotrowski gmail.com> writes: > Planning questions are an OK-ish idea, but I surely wouldn't link to > derivative distributions to answer them. We have appropriate wiki pages > for all options, those that are insufficient should be improved. These > could be linked to so that people know w

[gentoo-user] Re: Install PreQualifying Matrix

2015-08-17 Thread James
Dale gmail.com> writes: > James wrote: > > What I really would appreciate is some feedback on the Planning > > Questions listed below, as to help folks organized their thoughts and > > hardware details BEFORE actually performing an install or test-drive. > > Many/most of these options exist