[Beowulf] SATA II
Many of your questions may have already been answered in earlier discussions or in the FAQ. The search results page will indicate current discussions as well as past list serves, articles, and papers.
John Hearns john.hearns at streamline-computing.comTue Dec 5 14:45:13 PST 2006
- Previous message: [Beowulf] SATA II
- Next message: [Beowulf] mpi cleanup of tasks
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]
Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 12:07:36PM -0500, Mark Hahn wrote: >>> 1-Regarding OS, is "Fedora Core 64bit" a good option for AMD Athlon 64 X2 >>> 4200+? >> sure. distros are just desktop decoration, and anything recent will >> perform equally well. you do probably want 64b, but that's not rare. >> > Think carefully about what it is you are looking to do. Fedora is > relatively "bleeding edge" and has a very short lifetime - typically a > year or 18 months of support. If you are looking to build a large I agree with what Andrew says. I would give some very serious consideration to SuSE Linux - which has a reputation for better support for 64-bit processors and the latest SATA/SAS controllers. There is the free professional version or SLES. On the Redhat side, give consideration to Redhat Enterprise. Or one of the Redhat-alike recompiles. I'm hinting at Scientific Linux here. Yes, SL 4 may not have the very latest leading edge kernel, but it does have a long suport lifetime.
- Previous message: [Beowulf] SATA II
- Next message: [Beowulf] mpi cleanup of tasks
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]
More information about the Beowulf mailing list