[Beowulf] best linux distribution

[Tim Carlson]

> From: Gerry Creager <gerry.creager at tamu.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Beowulf] best linux distribution
> To: Seyed Abouzar Najafi Shoshtari <anajafi at mail.ipm.ir>
> Cc: beowulf at beowulf.org
> Message-ID: <470A2F4B.5050108 at tamu.edu>
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> Fedora core 6 is where I'd start today.  SuSE 10.x is a very good second
> choice.  We've also tried ROCKS and haven't been too impressed.  ROCKS
> installs easily and replicates to the nodes but FC6 and kickstart is
> just too easy and offers a bit more usability in our experience
> </nomex>
>
> gerry

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by Rocks "replicates" to the nodes. 
All the nodes in a Rocks cluster are built using kickstart and you can 
modify the package list, disk layout, etc through editing of XML files.

http://www.rocksclusters.org/rocks-documentation/4.3/customization.html

Tim Carlson
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