>So the "( Intel Xeon X3210 - 4gb memory )" will be replaced? Well that server was used to send the images to the different nodes ( i had 20 nodes, mostly 4gb / node but also some older nodes which don't support 64bit ) and use sge to add them into the grid.
But i'm upgrading it to 64bit and i have a new server to add to the list of nodes: a Dell PowerEdge R420 ( with 2 x E5-2420 ( 12cores total ) and 64gb 1333mhz memory ). So i think i won't be using XEN, i'll just install SGE on the Intel Xeon X3210 and set up a nfs to distribute an image to the nodes so if they boot in pxe they'll get taken into the grid. Are there any guides setting up these images? How would you do it? I'm pretty new to setting up hpc environments so i'm still learning. Kind Regards, Jan 2012/10/22 Reuti <[email protected]> > Hi, > > Am 22.10.2012 um 09:32 schrieb jan roels: > > > I have a server ( Intel Xeon X3210 - 4gb memory ) which controlled > serveral other servers to combine their power for compute purposes. > > with only 4 cores and 4 GB I wouldn't set up VMs for each service. It's > better to share the available memory and cores between the services. But > this might be personal taste. > > > > Therefor the server had some xen vm's: > > boot0: dhcp and nfs server so the other servers would get there > bootimage through pxe boot. > > login0: so the users didn't have to login through the same port as the > admin and were able to login through ldap from another server. > > sge0: this had the Sun Grid Engine and a module environment to make the > servers work together and gave the users the opportunity to load the > libraries they need. > > > > Now i'm reinstalling this server cause it was a 32bit debian lenny and i > have a new server that needs 64bits. > > So the "( Intel Xeon X3210 - 4gb memory )" will be replaced? > > > > Do you guys think i should do it the same way with the xen machines or > is it a waste of time. > > In principle a 32-bit Linux SGE qmaster can control any other OS execd's, > besides 64-bit Linux also AIX or PPC Linux and otheres. It was designed to > handle a cluster of different platforms. > > Your server has only 4 GB and hence each VM gets granted even less I > assume. How many execution hosts you have? I would ssume more a bottleneck > with the NFS for the /home. > > -- Reuti > > > > It should be possible without the different vm's right? I'll use the Son > of Grid Engine software instead of the old Sun Grid Engine. > > > > Kinds Regards, > > > > Jan > > _______________________________________________ > > users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://gridengine.org/mailman/listinfo/users > >
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