Dear all, In old times I, just like about any protein crystallographer, used to work on a cluster of SGI/IRIX workstations with complete NFS-based cross-mounting of hard disks.
A typical operation included: 1. A single home directory location for every user: if my home directory was on workstation X, I would by default use it after logging on any of the workstations in the cluster. 2. A single location for all software for general use. (And, obviously, 3. The ability to log on any node from any terminal; today this is done via the 'ssh -X' command). I wondered if someone could give us an advice on a painless setup enabling 1. and 2., for a small cluster of Ubuntu computers. We (will) have about five similar Dell computers in a local (192.168.*.*) network (wired/wireless). Any tips on the hardware (especially the LAN and network disks) are also welcome. Many thanks, Sergei -- Prof. Sergei V. Strelkov Laboratory for Biocrystallography Dept of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven Herestraat 49 bus 822, 3000 Leuven, Belgium Work phone: +32 16 330845 Mobile: +32 486 294132 Lab pages: http://pharm.kuleuven.be/anafar
