RE: [SLE] Using SuSE on supercomputers

From: Crowe, Alan X SITI-ITDLE314 (alan.crowe_at_shell.com)
Date: 07/30/03

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    Clusters == Beowulf, generally. Earlier versions of SuSE had an "Extreme" set of packages that included all of the clustering stuff.

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    -----Original Message-----
    From: Roberto Dohnert [mailto:webwarrior@gnu-darwin.org]
    Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 3:37 PM
    To: Derek Fountain; SuSE English
    Subject: Re: [SLE] Using SuSE on supercomputers

    It has a custom kernel. Thats the only way I could see they could handle the
    volume.

    On Wednesday 30 July 2003 10:10, Derek Fountain wrote:
    > I was just reading this article:
    >
    > http://www.itworld.com/Comp/1437/030730ibmsupercomp/
    >
    > which describes one hell of a cluster, which will be running SLES8.
    >
    > I just wondered, how is SLES made to run on such a thing? Is SLES really
    > designed for huge clusters as well as the single CPU boxes it normally runs
    > on? Can you pop the CD in and expect it to recognise it has over 2000
    > processors to puzzle out? Doesn't sound too likely to me. :o)
    >
    > --
    >
    > > eatapple
    >
    > core dump 

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