Rajagopal Swaminathan wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Thanks Les for your reply. (I dont top-post normally, but this was an emergency)
>
> On 7/17/10, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Have you looked at Ubuntu's setup? I don't think it deals with GPU's but it
>> might be an easier starting point than building from scratch, and if
>> anything
>> outgrows your resources it can move to Amazon's ec2.
>
> The point is, why should we not have and use our own resources?
>
>> http://www.ubuntu.com/cloud/private
If you had read the link you would have seen that it does use your own resources
- that's why it is called a private cloud. Or did you mean that CentOS should
have an equivalent to match the Ubuntu configuration? You probably could, but
it would be a lot more work.
>> But, I think you need to look at storage and compute facilities differently
>> in a
>> cloud model. Storage needs to be HA and redundant. Computing needs to be
>> able
>> to fail and be replaced.
>
> 1. I am not able to understand your above statement clearly. (see my
> earlier replies on this thread)
Distributed (super) computing normally involves techniques that break the work
up into independent units. If a node doesn't complete a unit it can be given to
a different node.
> 2. I believe (and have experienced including and mother and father),
> that nothing and/or everything is (ir)replacable.
>
> 4. I am not confused (See point 1)
Storage, on the other hand, needs to be reliable. The hadoop project is an
approach at distribution, but the interface is hard to deal with.
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
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