From owner-freebsd-cluster@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 17 21:42:32 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4245E1065692 for ; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:42:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerardon_paredes@yahoo.com) Received: from web65612.mail.ac4.yahoo.com (web65612.mail.ac4.yahoo.com [76.13.9.80]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E13128FC1F for ; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:42:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerardon_paredes@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 60475 invoked by uid 60001); 17 Oct 2008 21:15:51 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-ID; b=aoPzYWRPJ6VCEA4NCiG+vzDYoAuffAqOa7Dhl3h3DTx9BgCB3QQBmF7+YeDGYB/iPA5qYnj0Kgw3g2v0hjQIUFFrzWVKxhPWvuYhcAlu9EcKlJ2XjMxhoMyYcHApwvW2ZWlEj5LJfqkQeztuFPIDxBbQBKrJZNa4Lf22hz+L40o=; X-YMail-OSG: CZrcS.oVM1k5Y1pdJCcNKNP0qjCgnwq7Y6MYJn2Woi1z0lZ8L.uhuToMUsPWzbYQh8WOwPXJswLZdfBx1fsW9kSDR60Y_DRzOkXwnsmXoqcE1Aq2TQdi7BVZxKtYwoozUdLm4Z2AoEnk9.UhfEvlmtBNECufL0t7GilHK1ye9fhT_zMGiVvUpIcYzIkg Received: from [63.245.17.123] by web65612.mail.ac4.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:15:50 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.7.218.2 Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:15:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Gerardo Paredes To: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <10549.60421.qm@web65612.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:22:53 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: How to on building a High Performance Server on FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: gerardon_paredes@yahoo.com List-Id: Clustering FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:42:32 -0000 I am giving a course for students who are about to finish their undergradua= te classes on Systems Engineering. We are trying to set up a High Performan= ce cluster for mathematic applications.=A0=A0 Does someone on the list know= of a well written "howto" kind of document we can support whenever we get = stuck at something. =A0 =A0 Regards Gerardo Paredes=0A=0A__________________________________________________=0AD= o You Yahoo!?=0ATired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection ar= ound =0Ahttp://mail.yahoo.com From owner-freebsd-cluster@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 18 10:50:21 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEA111065699 for ; Sat, 18 Oct 2008 10:50:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stas@ht-systems.ru) Received: from smtp.ht-systems.ru (mr0.ht-systems.ru [78.110.50.55]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92C078FC0C for ; Sat, 18 Oct 2008 10:50:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stas@ht-systems.ru) Received: from [78.110.49.49] (helo=quasar.ht-systems.ru) by smtp.ht-systems.ru with esmtpa (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Kr995-0006Gk-Ft; Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:34:55 +0400 Received: by quasar.ht-systems.ru (Postfix, from userid 1024) id 6ACBB74E01; Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:34:54 +0400 (MSD) Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:34:54 +0400 From: Stanislav Sedov To: gerardon_paredes@yahoo.com Message-Id: <20081018143454.54a444d8.stas@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <10549.60421.qm@web65612.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> References: <10549.60421.qm@web65612.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> Organization: The FreeBSD Project X-XMPP: ssedov@jabber.ru X-Voice: +7 916 849 20 23 X-PGP-Fingerprint: F21E D6CC 5626 9609 6CE2 A385 2BF5 5993 EB26 9581 X-Mailer: carrier-pigeon Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="PGP-SHA1"; boundary="Signature=_Sat__18_Oct_2008_14_34_54_+0400_9kMQ.WcjU8ocF5jA" Cc: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to on building a High Performance Server on FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Clustering FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 10:50:22 -0000 --Signature=_Sat__18_Oct_2008_14_34_54_+0400_9kMQ.WcjU8ocF5jA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=KOI8-R Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:15:50 -0700 (PDT) Gerardo Paredes mentioned: > I am giving a course for students who are about to finish their undergrad= uate classes on Systems Engineering. We are trying to set up a High Perform= ance cluster for mathematic applications.=9A=9A Does someone on the list kn= ow of a well written "howto" kind of document we can support whenever we ge= t stuck at something. > =9A What mechanism do you plan to use for parallel computation? If you'll go for MPI I think the setup won't be different from any other UNIX, so any documentation will apply.=20 --=20 Stanislav Sedov ST4096-RIPE --Signature=_Sat__18_Oct_2008_14_34_54_+0400_9kMQ.WcjU8ocF5jA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkj5u84ACgkQK/VZk+smlYGL4QCfVfW+3sV1RmkMXPHYl9a46X1q togAnjCjl8HZeuYLD8UaUy8LCn2ovoJY =STei -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Sat__18_Oct_2008_14_34_54_+0400_9kMQ.WcjU8ocF5jA-- From owner-freebsd-cluster@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 18 15:48:32 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2CAF106568B for ; Sat, 18 Oct 2008 15:48:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerardon_paredes@yahoo.com) Received: from web65611.mail.ac4.yahoo.com (web65611.mail.ac4.yahoo.com [76.13.9.79]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5BE068FC0A for ; Sat, 18 Oct 2008 15:48:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerardon_paredes@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 34527 invoked by uid 60001); 18 Oct 2008 15:48:31 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=hMqhoiN32+EmqJbBNnadhuVhO9NKptVSvyJZHxHXTIJMl/2ry9sPsXQOzxr1aHgX9YJdCN0hZa/QZw5shnYM5KqHF32rE1AI3TI2g7jd5STrskGCSrlmg8kwDHPqyvnDobhmFLogMmF7BSYFcHv2u3/udBabjsGJsuqMWQjg84Y=; X-YMail-OSG: ww0gn6MVM1nD97BqDwbOMo7ifDstolnwydUic5xl1VT75Sd3bMVitsozbX7lq4I8kuZaA4NsKu99lmxbE5RwmQAMkVE5S5OQhYlhMVgyfRbxrcWLqS.piVTitUuTon7AxjF9mnPUss0mvWZ1o6z9m2riYWVN9jMZTXROOt7mc63HjmY- Received: from [63.245.17.123] by web65611.mail.ac4.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 18 Oct 2008 08:48:31 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.7.218.2 Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 08:48:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Gerardo Paredes To: Stanislav Sedov In-Reply-To: <20081018143454.54a444d8.stas@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID: <385548.33714.qm@web65611.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:06:14 +0000 Cc: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to on building a High Performance Server on FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Clustering FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 15:48:32 -0000 --- On Sat, 10/18/08, Stanislav Sedov wrote: From: Stanislav Sedov Subject: Re: How to on building a High Performance Server on FreeBSD To: gerardon_paredes@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org Date: Saturday, October 18, 2008, 3:34 AM On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:15:50 -0700 (PDT) Gerardo Paredes mentioned: > I am giving a course for students who are about to finish their undergraduate classes on Systems Engineering. We are trying to set up a Hig= h Performance cluster for mathematic applications.=A0=A0 Does someone on the = list know of a well written "howto" kind of document we can support whenever we get stuck at something. > =A0 What mechanism do you plan to use for parallel computation? If you'll go for MPI I think the setup won't be different from any other UNIX, so any documentation will apply.=20 Yes we do intend to use MPI, but i was talking about how to setup the clust= er going through the NFS install, where to put /home, at the NFS server or = locally?, if would be better to install the worker nodes as diskless, netbo= oting machines, or can we arrange a setup of fully installed FreeBSD7.0 wor= kstation to use their resources whenever somebody is not using them?=20 I believe this point hasn't been worked enough on the FreeBSD documentation= , as good as the Handbook is, there isn't good documentation on how to setu= p a cluster on it. Gerardo Paredes =0A=0A__________________________________________________=0ADo You Yahoo!?= =0ATired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around =0Ahttp:= //mail.yahoo.com