I recommend you check out ROCKS http://www.rocksclusters.org CentOS based clustering with lots of built in goodness. Tony Schreiner On 11/15/2011 9:50 PM, Alan McKay wrote: > Hey folks, > > I just went through the archives trying to find some info on this but > did not come up with much other than it seems there are a few experts > here on the list. > > I have no experience with clustering and have just taken over a Stem > Cell Research Lab that has a Grid Engine cluster. I have not yet dug > into the details of Grid Engine (only been here a week now) but am > just trying to get up to speed on clustering in general. > > I was just looking at Red Hat's site and they have this HPC thing > http://www.redhat.com/promo/mrg/ but damned if I can find any actual > details on it there - that data sheet they link to is just a bunch of > marketing gobble-de-gook as far as I can make sense of it anyway. > > Quick question : what are Red Hat using to do that, and can CentOS do > the same thing? How hard is it to configure? How does it compare to > Grid Engine? > > I have to say I'm a bit hesitant about Grid Engine because of the > whole Oracle takeover. I just don't trust Oracle. > > Basically I'd like to get up to speed really quickly on different > clustering technologies, and maybe even set up a CentOS (or > Scientific) based cluster in a sandbox to play with. > > I guess - looking for reading to get up to speed on clustering, and > wondering what my options are with CentOS, RHEL and Scientific. > > thanks, > -Alan >