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 at 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? > >> http://www.ubuntu.com/cloud/private 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. > > 1. 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. > 2. I believe (and have experienced including and mother and father), > that nothing and/or everything is (ir)replacable. > > 4. 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. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com