Caos NSA and Perceus: All-in-one Cluster Software Stack
Silence the struggle around cluster software stack configuration. Caos NSA is a distribution that focuses on making things simple, easy to install and upgrade, and easy to manage.
Thursday, February 5th, 2009
Sometimes it’s a struggle to configure a cluster software stack. Usually the stack is split into a distribution (OS) and the cluster management tool. While there are some advantages to this separation, sometimes people want to have a cluster software stack that is all-in-one. There are several packages that satisfy this definition such as ROCKS and Clustermatic, but there is one that is arguably the best combination - Caos NSA and Perceus. The all-in-one packages tend to build on top of existing distributions and then add a Cluster management System (CMS) and other tools to create the all-in-one package. One of the differentiators between these packages is the integration between the base distribution and the CMS. More integration requires more work but it does get the total package closer to the proverbial “cluster in a box.” More importantly it can make the configuration, deployment, updating, and monitoring of the cluster…
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