I have built some e325 based clusters. Used ROCKS 3.1 x86_64 edition. Works nicely. On Fri, 2004-03-05 at 11:39, Chris Dagdigian wrote: > The opteron mention brings up another question I wanted to ask this list-- > > What Linux distributions are people using for Opteron based machines? > > I have a pair of IBM e325 opteron servers in the lab/office and > initially have been using Suse 9.0 on them mainly because I know that > IBM and Suse are tight and I figured that it would be the safe choice > since I'm still slightly worried about the somewhat new support for > > Suse 9 on Opteron has been great so far. I'm going to start > experimenting with Tao Linux (www.taolinux.org) which is a 'generic' > form of RH Enterprise Linux built from source rpm files next. > > After Tao I want to try Fedora, Fedora-legacy and the actual Redhat > branded AS or ES products. Anything else I should try? any > recommendations from people using opterons in production settings? > > -Chris > > > > > Arnie Miles wrote: > > > Has anyone considered Opterons? Our preliminary investigations indicate > > that the Opterons have a considerably better bang/buck ratio then > > anything else out there right now, particularly Xeon, even in 32 bit > > configuration. We're getting dual processor Opterons in the under $3k > > price range. > > > > I'm anxious to try out my first G5 cluster one day, hopefully soon, but > > the Opteron path makes more applications available to me. > > > > Arnie Miles > > Advanced Research Computing > > Georgetown University > > > > On Fri, 2004-03-05 at 10:53, Michael Chute wrote: > > > >>For my two cents I would have to disagree with the Xeon approach. A > >>cluster of Xserves is probley going to give you more speed and storage > >>for the buck than a Xeon machine. We have a small cluster of Xserves > >>running osX server and we find that it is very fast, and the new g5 > >>slusters are even faster. Another alternative that has been done in > >>the past is to actually run Linux on Xserves. I don't know the details > >>of this but I do know that this has been done. If you look at the > >>bioteam software as well there are over 200 bioinformatics tools > >>included with the package and they all have a gui interface which is > >>very nice for the average user. As far as management features you > >>can't beat osx server. Everything is so easy to do you don't need a > >>bunch of IT people to do it for you. I am a microbiologist and I admin > >>our cluster. I think the "most tools for bioinformatics under linux" > >>is not exactly true. I don't think you will find much trouble finding > >>an osx port for most of the tools. FYI there is going to be a webcast > >>about the Xserve cluster for use in bioinformatics next thursday, you > >>might want to watch, you might get some of your questions answered. > >> > >>http://education.apple.com/webcast/workgroupcluster/ > >> > >>Mike > >> > >>Michael D. Chute > >>BSL-3 Lab Manager > >>Naval Medical Research Center > >>Biological Defense Research Directorate > >>Suite 1N29 > >>503 Robert Grant Ave > >>Silver Spring, MD 20910 > >>Voice: 301-319-7529 > >>Fax: 301-319-7513 > >>On Mar 5, 2004, at 10:41 AM, Tim Cutts wrote: > >> > >> > >>>On 5 Mar 2004, at 15:32, Christopher Porter wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>We're in the market for a cluster; most of our options are > >>>>Xeon/Linux, but one is a cluster of XServe G5s running OS X. We're > >>>>going to run some benchmarks to see how the performance compares, but > >>>>some in of our group have expressed concern that 'the vast majority > >>>>bioinformatics software is developed on Linux', and 'there may be a > >>>>long time lag before new software is available on OS X'. > >>> > >>>Most stuff compiles quite cleanly. You could get bitten though with > >>>anything that builds shared libraries. OS X dylib bundles are *very* > >>>different from normal UNIX shared objects. Have a look at the > >>>O'Reilly book "MacOS X for Unix Geeks" which is very small, but covers > >>>some of this stuff. > >>> > >>>There are various other gotchas as well, but I don't know about them > >>>in detail. > >>> > >>> > >>>>I have never had problems getting software I need to run on OS X, but > >>>>I wondered if anyone can provide me with examples of applications > >>>>that won't run on OS X, or are Linux only (only binaries released & > >>>>no source available). > >>> > >>>I suspect you'll get much more bang-per-buck with Xeon machines. > >>>You'll also probably get better management features, although how > >>>crucial that is rather depends on how large a cluster you want to get. > >>> > >>>Personally, although I love Macs, and have one as my day-to-day > >>>machine, I'm currently happier with Linux for the larger scale stuff. > >>> > >>>Tim > >>> > >>>-- > >>>Dr Tim Cutts > >>>Informatics Systems Group > >>>Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute > >>>Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK > >>> > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>Bioclusters maillist - Bioclusters@bioinformatics.org > >>>https://bioinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/bioclusters > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Bioclusters maillist - Bioclusters@bioinformatics.org > >>https://bioinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/bioclusters > > > > ================== > > Arnie Miles > > Systems Administrator, Advanced Research Computing (ARC) > > Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Dept. > > Georgetown University > > 401 Reiss Science > > 37th and O Streets NW, > > Washington, DC 20057 > > 202-687-9379 > > > > http://www.georgetown.edu/users/adm35/ (Personal) > > http://www.clusters.arc.georgetown.edu/ (GUPPI Initiative) > > http://www.georgetown.edu/research/arc/ (Division) > > ================== > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Bioclusters maillist - Bioclusters@bioinformatics.org > > https://bioinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/bioclusters