Rajagopal Swaminathan wrote:
Greetings,
Thanks Les for your reply. (I dont top-post normally, but this was an emergency)
On 7/17/10, Les Mikesell lesmikesell@gmail.com wrote:
Have you looked at Ubuntu's setup? I don't think it deals with GPU's but it might be an easier starting point than building from scratch, and if anything outgrows your resources it can move to Amazon's ec2.
The point is, why should we not have and use our own resources?
If you had read the link you would have seen that it does use your own resources - that's why it is called a private cloud. Or did you mean that CentOS should have an equivalent to match the Ubuntu configuration? You probably could, but it would be a lot more work.
But, I think you need to look at storage and compute facilities differently in a cloud model. Storage needs to be HA and redundant. Computing needs to be able to fail and be replaced.
- I am not able to understand your above statement clearly. (see my
earlier replies on this thread)
Distributed (super) computing normally involves techniques that break the work up into independent units. If a node doesn't complete a unit it can be given to a different node.
- I believe (and have experienced including and mother and father),
that nothing and/or everything is (ir)replacable.
- I am not confused (See point 1)
Storage, on the other hand, needs to be reliable. The hadoop project is an approach at distribution, but the interface is hard to deal with.