Just a quick general query. I have a LAM-MPI cluster made of "spare
parts" that's spent the last 8 months impressing the hell out of
everyone in the lab and generally exceeding expectations. But my needs
have changed once again. I need to set up a BOINC server. To cut a long
story short, for network administrative reasons, the head node of the
cluster is the prime candidate to act as the BOINC / web server.
Unfortunately, I'll need to install Linux on the head node to make this
work. I've tried and tried to compile the BOINC server on FreeBSD, and
I'm giving up. Life is too short.
So, the question. Does anyone know any reason why I shouldn't be able
to run LAM with Linux (probably FC5) on the head node and FreeBSD on
the slaves? I'm not worried about setting it up, - I installed and
configured the FreeBSD cluster manually from source. But if there's
some obvious reason why it's not going to work, I'd REALLY appreciate
someone piping up and telling me.
For information, the cluster is based on unwanted i386 machines using
an NFS share for "/home", and running an old beta version of LAM-MPI.
As far as I can tell, everything required for a working cluster is
either a standard *NIX feature, or it's a part of LAM-MPI. So it
shouldn't be a problem. In theory. Right?
Thanks in advance...
James
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Dr. J.R. Dorsey
ESPM - Ecosystem Sciences
105 Hilgard Hall
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-3110
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