[Gate-users] Installing GATE on a cluster

[Hannes Hofmann]

Hello Karthik,

important for running GATE on a cluster are IMHO two things:
1) the cluster middle ware
2) shared filesystem und user accounts

The cluster tools that come with GATE support the middlewares Condor,
openPBS and openMosix. I once installed Fedora with Condor on a Xeon to
utilize its HT feature and later extended that installation onto another
machine of the same type. Furthermore I worked on (read: used) a large
cluster run with openPBS. From a GATE point of view there was not much a
difference between them, so take which ever is easier to install for you.
>From Wikipedia [1] I have this promising citation:
"A cluster can be set up by using Knoppix bootable CDs in combination with
OpenMosix. The computers will automatically link together, without need
for complex configurations, to form a Beowulf cluster"
I would spend half a day or so on trying that out.

GATE has to be installed in the same path on all machines, hence I would
place it on shared storage. Also I would place the home directories on
shared space and run the macro files from there.

It would be great if you could share your experience, maybe even write a
short Howto or some Dos and Donts.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf_%28computing%29

Good luck,
Hannes


> Hello All,
>
>    I've recently acquired 6 identical windows machines. It has windows on
> it
> right now and I am planning to install Linux and turn this to a cluster. I
> hope someone here has done this already. Here are a few questions I have:
>
> 1) What flavour of HPC software does this group recommend? A google search
> takes me to rocks (http://www.rocksclusters.org), beowulf (
> http://www.beowulf.org/) and several others.
>     Reading through their requirements, I seem to satisfy all hardware
> requirements.
>
> 2) How does one install GATE (and its dependancies) on a cluster? Preface
> to
> this question should be this: I am aware of the installation manual for
> GATE
> and I have installed it successfully on a single computer. Do I install it
> on the master node?
>
>   As you can make out from the nature of the questions, I am a novice to
> building my own cluster. I would appreciate any help on the topic. Thanks.
>
> Karthik.
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