[Bioclusters] software raid / ISMB rollcall / Platform question(s)

[Allen Day]

It might be nice to have a get-together at OSCON too.  Late notice, but
are any of you on the list in San Diego this week?

-Allen

On Wed, 24 Jul 2002, Chris Dagdigian wrote:

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> Hi folks,
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> Random bits to throw out...
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> (1) Anyone have any good methodologies to share regarding maximizing
> linux-on-intel file I/O with cheap ATA drives and linux software RAID?
> We've been seeing some amazing numbers on a couple of prototype cluster
> compute nodes using pairs of 80gig ATA drives controlled by a Promise
> ATA card running reiserfs on top of software RAID0. The tests are not
> complete yet but the numbers appear to be better than what we can
> squeeze from (a) scsi drives, (b) a direct SAN connection and (c) a
> single 100Tx connection to a Netapp F840 NAS filer.  We'll eventually
> post what we find to be our 'best config' once our tests are done. We
> also need to get numbers from the Netapp when we have a gigE link.
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> (2) Kris B. asked if people were going to ISMB'02 (www.ismb02.org) and I
> can't remember what the response was. I'm going to be in Edmonton from
> July 31 - August 7th organizing the BOSC conference and then attending
> ISMB. I'd be up for a beer/BOF session if other bioclusters folks are
> going to be in Edmonton.
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> (3) Platform computing questions
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>   o Anyone have any observations to make about the LSF 5.0 release?
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>   o Anyone have any information/observations on the new "Clusterware"
> product line -- I can't seem to find any information on what features it
> has/does-not-have when compared to LSF Standard. The demo license with a
> 1-week lifespan is a royal pain so I have not run it at home yet.
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> -Chris
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