This portal summarises workflows, requests, thoughts and comments for large scale scientific computing. The page is meant to appeal to users of Debian, Ubuntu and all other Linux distributions used in the field, with the strong ambition to learn from each other.
Groups of software associated with HPC
Cluster Provisioning
Software |
Distribution |
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Debian/Ubuntu |
OpenSuSE/Novell |
Fedora/RedHat |
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cobbler |
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onesis |
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systemimager |
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Cluster Management
Software |
Distribution |
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Debian/Ubuntu |
OpenSuSE/Novell |
Fedora/RedHat |
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cfengine |
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firmware |
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bios tools |
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freeipmi |
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N/A |
N/A |
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Kickstart |
N/A |
N/A |
+ |
Autoyast/Alice |
N/A |
+ |
N/A |
Cluster Monitoring
Scheduler
Kernel Patches
Software |
Distribution |
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Debian/Ubuntu |
OpenSuSE/Novell |
Fedora/RedHat |
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perfctr |
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blcr |
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perfmon |
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lustre |
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Userspace
Software |
Distribution |
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Debian/Ubuntu |
OpenSuSE/Novell |
Fedora/RedHat |
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MPIs |
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OFED libraries |
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benchmarks |
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compilers |
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Repositories
Packages available outside the regular distribution are indicated by the following abbreviations:
Abbreviation |
Repository |
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External links
ISC'09 conference home page - a BoF on HPC with Linux distributions sketched this page
PelicanHPC - a parallel Knoppix