From owner-chemistry@ccl.net Fri Oct 28 19:13:00 2011 From: "Joseph Han jhh3851 . yahoo.com" To: CCL Subject: CCL: best Linux for clusters Message-Id: <-45774-111028182203-15551-IzrrMKdTDfXTv5SN35uc8A/./server.ccl.net> X-Original-From: Joseph Han Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="886285840-2024974128-1319840512=:76310" Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:21:52 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sent to CCL by: Joseph Han [jhh3851 .. yahoo.com] --886285840-2024974128-1319840512=:76310 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have not been too=A0satisfied=A0with the release schedule of CentOS of la= te. =A0Also, there seem to have been some release process issues that give = me concern about using CentOS 6.x. =A0 We'll likely move over to Scientific Linux for the 6.x branch as it's close= enough to CentOS/RHEL plus it has the added benefit of being used widely f= or scientific computing. For some ISV codes, we sometimes have to edit /etc/redhat-release, but usua= lly that's it. =A0 Joseph --- On Fri, 10/28/11, Venable, Richard (NIH/NHLBI) E venabler()nhlbi.nih.go= v wrote: > From: Venable, Richard (NIH/NHLBI) E venabler()nhlbi.nih.gov Subject: CCL: best Linux for clusters To: "Han, Joseph " Date: Friday, October 28, 2011, 12:02 PM Sent to CCL by: "Venable, Richard (NIH/NHLBI) [E]" [venabler#%#nhlbi.nih.go= v] We have been re-evaluating the choice of CentOS for our cluster, and would = like solicit comments on which freely available Linux flavor seems to be th= e best for scientific computing, in terms of performance, stability, ease o= f administration, and support for more commercial software (QM packages, Ma= tlab, etc.) and hardware (Qlogic Infiniband boards and driver software). Besides CentOS, we are looking at Scientific Linux and Debian, but comments= on other distributions are welcome.=A0 If you (or someone in your group) c= an provide some detailed remarks noting good or bad features of specific Li= nux distributions, please send them to me and I will summarize to the list. Thank you. -- Rick Venable=A0 =A0=A0=A05635 FL/T906 Membrane Biophysics Section NIH/NHLBI Lab. of Computational Biology Bethesda, MD=A0 20892-9314=A0=A0=A0U.S.A. (301) 496-1905=A0=A0=A0venabler AT nhlbi*nih*gov -=3D This is automatically added to each message by the mailing script =3D-=A0 =A0 =A0=A0 =A0 =A0Subscribe/Unsubscribe:=20 =A0 =A0 =A0Job: http://www.ccl.net/jobs=20=A0 =A0 =A0--886285840-2024974128-1319840512=:76310 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I have not been too satisfied with the release sche= dule of CentOS of late.  Also, there seem to have been some release pr= ocess issues that give me concern about using CentOS 6.x.  
We'll lik= ely move over to Scientific Linux for the 6.x branch as it's close enough t= o CentOS/RHEL plus it has the added benefit of being used widely for scient= ific computing.

For some ISV codes, we sometimes have to edit /etc/r= edhat-release, but usually that's it.  

Joseph


--- On Fri, 10/28/11, Venable, Richard (NIH/NHLBI) E venabler()nhlb= i.nih.gov <owner-chemistry/./ccl.net> wrote:

From: Venable, Richard (NIH/NHLBI) E venabler()nhlbi.nih.g= ov <owner-chemistry/./ccl.net>
Subject: CCL: best Linux for clusters=
To: "Han, Joseph " <jhh3851/./yahoo.com>
Date: Friday, O= ctober 28, 2011, 12:02 PM


Sent to CCL b= y: "Venable, Richard (NIH/NHLBI) [E]" [venabler#%#nhlbi.nih.gov]

We have been re-evaluat= ing the choice of CentOS for our cluster, and would like solicit comments o= n which freely available Linux flavor seems to be the best for scientific c= omputing, in terms of performance, stability, ease of administration, and s= upport for more commercial software (QM packages, Matlab, etc.) and hardwar= e (Qlogic Infiniband boards and driver software).

Besides CentOS, we= are looking at Scientific Linux and Debian, but comments on other distribu= tions are welcome.  If you (or someone in your group) can provide some= detailed remarks noting good or bad features of specific Linux distributio= ns, please send them to me and I will summarize to the list.

Thank y= ou.

--
Rick Venable     5635 FL/T906
Membr= ane Biophysics Section
NIH/NHLBI Lab. of Computational Biology
Bethes= da, MD  20892-9314   U.S.A.
(301) 496-1905   venabler AT nhlbi*nih*gov



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