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1. Docker versus KVM: Hard Numbers for HPC: (Select News); From the numbers are nice department HPC users have always want to be "close to the metal." A recent report by IBM has tested the popular Docker project against native performance (bare ...; Created on 19 August 2014
2. Will HPC Work In The Cloud?: (Cloud/Grid); ... files and directories are loaded by the resource allocator into a RAM disk. One interesting example of this type of tool is the Warewulf Project. The Warewulf toolset is a freely available package that ...; Created on 02 August 2012
3. Microwulf: Breaking the $100/GFLOP Barrier: (Projects); ... of Ubuntu Desktop. We also looked at several cluster management packages: ROCKS, Oscar, and Warewulf. Since our nodes, with the exception of the head node, are diskless, that ruled out ROCKS and ...; Created on 28 August 2007
4. Kronos Pricing Redux: (Projects); ... use a disk-less booting system (Warewulf or Percus). Also, I decided not to put any disks in the compute nodes and put all of the storage in the master node using NFS. I decided to go with two GigE ...; Created on 28 January 2007
5. Using rsh or ssh, Raw Ethernet, and Cluster Computing Courses: (Beowulf List); The Beowulf list discusses rsh vs. ssh (again), using Raw Ethernet (a Neandertal approach?), and Cluster Computing Courses The Beowulf mailing list provides detailed discussions about issues ...; Created on 23 January 2007
6. Cluster Potporri for $200 Alex: (Beowulf List); ... John Hearns from across the pond (since we are waxing nostalgic), mentioned that cluster management could be accommodated by several toolkits, Rocks and Warewulf to name two. He also mentioned ...; Created on 26 August 2006
7. The Orion desktop cluster, low-power processors, and distros for newbies: (Beowulf List); ... a Linux distribution that is supported by the cluster management tool you select. Tim recommended using Warewulf, which only requires an rpm based distribution. He also mentioned that he preferred ...; Created on 26 August 2006
8. A Power Supply Idea, Optimal Machine Rooms, and NFS Nodes: (Beowulf List); ... RAM disk approach is head and shoulders above the others. He recommended examining Warewulf which he through to be a very good cluster distribution. In fact he said that he liked Warewulf so much, ...; Created on 26 August 2006
9. KVM to nodes and Fedora Cluster Project?: (Beowulf List); ... also posted to say that he thought Warewulf is a very good solution because Warewulf can netboot (PXE or Etherboot) using an image supplied by the master node. This image is created from the master ...; Created on 25 August 2006
10. Thoughts on Choosing a Cluster File System: (Administration); ... each node. Or, you can use a parallel file system, such as PVFS, to distribute data across some or all of the disks in your compute nodes. Note: RAM-disk (e.g. Warewulf) based file systems are used on ...; Created on 07 August 2006
11. Hitting the Cluster Wall - A Study in Cluster Optimization: (Projects); ... libraries, and tuned the Gigabit Ethernet Links (6000 Byte MTU, turned off interrupt mitigation strategies) We are also using the Warewulf cluster toolkit (See Resources). For this article we will use ...; Created on 26 March 2006
12. Life, The Universe, and Your Cluster - A Study in Cluster Optimization: (Projects); ... are disk-less. To support this design, we used the Warewulf Cluster Toolkit (see Sidebar One). The underlying distribution is Fedora Core 2. There are also two switches; an eight port Fast Ethernet switch ...; Created on 26 March 2006
13. New Poll: Cluster Books: (Site News); ... have thought that Rocks or RHEL (CentOS) would be more popular. Notice that Oscar or Warewulf were not included as they are not full distributions. Finally, while we are talking about polls and links, ...; Created on 21 March 2006
14. The Value Cluster (Part 3): Packages and Testing: (Projects); ... In the last part of our story, we were about to name the key witness in the, no wait, wrong story. We talked about installing Warewulf on the master node and then booting the compute nodes. ...; Created on 30 November 2005
15. SC05 Monkey Blog: (Conference Reports); ... with some of the fine people from the Aggregate.org and the Warewulf Project, I did manage to see the last three songs by Sheryl Crow at the Microsoft party (yes that is right Sheryl Crow). On Wednesday, ...; Created on 15 November 2005
16. The Value Cluster (Part 2): Software Installation: (Projects); ... Saving Changes and the system will reboot. Sidebar One: The Warewulf Cluster Distribution Figure Two: Back View of Kronos Note: In the article we used the Warewulf version 2.2.4. ...; Created on 07 November 2005
17. Cluster Administration: Placing the Process: (Administration); ... such as Warewulf (RAM Disk Nodes) or Onesis (NFS Based Nodes). Take my PID, please To address, the disadvantages of a distributed PID space, several single system image (SSI) technologies have ...; Created on 18 October 2005
18. The Value Cluster (Part 1): Cheaper, Better, Faster: (Projects); ... RAID 1 storage, two FastE links, and one GigE link. The nodes have 256 MBytes of RAM (PC2700), a FastE link, and a GigE link. The nodes are intentionally disk-less because we are using the Warewulf toolkit ...; Created on 05 October 2005
19. Linux Cluster Urban Legends: (Opinions); ... called Scyld Beowulf. This software does some amazing things, but it does not do any magic. There are other cluster distributions ( WAREWULF, ROCKS, OSCAR ), but again if you are looking for magic, ...; Created on 21 July 2005
20. Warewulf V3: (Search - Web Links / Plumbing); Warewulf is a scalable systems management suite originally developed to manage large high-performance Linux clusters. Focused on general scalable systems management, it includes a framework for system ...; Created on 13 February 2012

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