Subject: disk or diskless beowulf clusters?

From: Gregory Shamov <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 20:11:20 +0300

Hello All,

Does someone have experience in using quantum chemistry programs like
GAMESS or Gaussian on diskless Beowulf Linux clusters? What is better,
in general -- to write integral files on local HDD or to send them to
fileserver via NFS on Fast or Gigabit Ethernet?  How many diskless
nodes could possibly be served with common x86 PC-based fileserver
like a dual P3 or Athlon with IDE or SCSI RAID ?

Thank you in advance. I will summarize the results.

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Best regards,
Gregory Shamov,
Dept. Phys. Chem,
Kazan State University
Kazan, Russian Federation                 mailto:[email-masked]