[Bioclusters] Re: Bioclusters digest, Vol 1 #38 - 2 msgs
Glen Otero
bioclusters@bioinformatics.org
25 Mar 2002 10:06:56 -0800
Tom Sterling's latest book "Beowulf Cluster Computing with Linux" is the
best all around book resource for clusters. There's an excellent
account of building Argonne's cluster in the book.
The tools you will need to be familiar with that aren't a part of
typical sys admin are PBS (openpbs.org), Maui (supercluster.org), Sun's
Grid Engine (www.sun.com/software/gridware), RedHat's Kickstart, and
SystemImager (systemimager.org), amongst others.
Some of the better websites for cluster info:
http://foundries.sourceforge.net/clusters/
http://www.lcic.org/computational.html
http://www.ats.ucla.edu/at/clustering/
http://www.scyld.com
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> From: Kris Boulez <Kris.Boulez@algonomics.com>
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> Subject: [Bioclusters] resources on administering clusters
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> What do people find good resources (books, websites, tools) to learn
> more about administering a compute cluster. I'm not looking for general
> unix sysadmin (been doing this for 10 years), but stuff which comes into
> play when administering large numbers of machines.
> I looked at the biobluster install diary Chris posted a few days ago,
> but was wondering if people know of other resources.
>
> Kris,
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> Kris Boulez Tel: +32-9-241.11.00
> AlgoNomics NV Fax: +32-9-241.11.02
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> From: "John Scheiderer" <john_scheiderer@msn.com>
> To: <bioclusters@bioinformatics.org>
> Subject: Re: [Bioclusters] resources on administering clusters
> Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 12:02:15 -0500
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> Kris,
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> I don't know of any books specifically, but there is a book from MIT Pres=
> s for Beowulf Clusters (I don't recall the exact title). There are some =
> tools like bWatch that allow you to view utilization of clusters. Also, =
> Sun's Grid Engine is a tool that administers Beowulf clusters for sharing=
> amongst many users; I haven't looked at it in great detail, but it does =
> appear to have some tools available.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
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> From: Kris Boulez
> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 11:08 AM
> To: bioclusters@bioinformatics.org
> Subject: [Bioclusters] resources on administering clusters
>
> What do people find good resources (books, websites, tools) to learn
> more about administering a compute cluster. I'm not looking for general
> unix sysadmin (been doing this for 10 years), but stuff which comes into
> play when administering large numbers of machines.
> I looked at the biobluster install diary Chris posted a few days ago,
> but was wondering if people know of other resources.
>
> Kris,
> --
> Kris Boulez Tel: +32-9-241.11.00
> AlgoNomics NV Fax: +32-9-241.11.02
> Technologiepark 4 email: kris.boulez@algonomics.com
> B 9052 Zwijnaarde http://www.algonomics.com/
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> IV> </DIV> <DIV>I don't know of any books specifically, but there is=
> a book from MIT Press for Beowulf Clusters (I don't recall the exact tit=
> le). There are some tools like bWatch that allow you to view utiliz=
> ation of clusters. Also, Sun's Grid Engine is a tool that administe=
> rs Beowulf clusters for sharing amongst many users; I haven't looked at i=
> t in great detail, but it does appear to have some tools available.</DIV>=
> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Hope this helps.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Tha=
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> cluster. I'm not looking for general<BR>unix sysadmin (been doing this f=
> or 10 years), but stuff which comes into<BR>play when administering large=
> numbers of machines.<BR>I looked at the biobluster install diary Chris p=
> osted a few days ago,<BR>but was wondering if people know of other resour=
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