[ydl-gen] Best cluster OS

[Christopher Murtagh]

On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 11:17 -0700, Nick I wrote:
> At www.clusterbuilder.org/FAQ there is a question about what OS and
> cluster management software are the best for a cluster system.  Does
> anyone have any advice on Yellow Dog Linux as a cluster OS? 
> 
> Here is the question:
> 
> "I'm bulding a project for a cluster that consists on 64 machines
> running each 2x Dual Core AMD Opteron with 2GB of memory per core (8GB
> per machine). We already have everything else accounted for except for
> the software. 

 Well, YDL is actually a very good cluster OS (and is used by some very
big clusters), however it is completely moot for you as YDL is PowerPC
only. If you can convince them to switch architectures, you could read
more on it here:

http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/products/y-hpc/

Cheers,

Chris