Hi Guy, We're shortly to get a 16 node linux license + server node for SEQUEST and I'm hoping to get it working on our Suse 9.3 cluster (preferably using EMT64 nodes though maybe plain 32 bit Xeon) configuring it as a priority SGE job that displaces other long running jobs. I'd be grateful for your config info; when we get the software and if I fail to get it going do you mind if I give you a ring to discuss problems? Lucas Bowler (who runs our proteomics facility) might also be in touch re any guidance you might have. Thanks for your time! > > > > > The first problem we have is when we start the PVM (by clicking "Start > > PVM" in the Cluster Manager), we always get the following error for Node > > 2, even if "Cleanup Nodes" has been clicked prior to starting PVM: > > I've wasted rather too much time on bioworks over the past few weeks. I > managed to get it working, (master on win2003 and slaves on debian), but > it wasn't a pleasant experience. > > A few "top tips": > > Before you start pvm on the master, make sure there a no stray pvm > processes hanging around on the slave nodes. (the master tends not to > clean up after itself particularly well.) > > Check that the slave nodes are configured *exactly* as detailed in the > instructions. There are a lot of hard coded paths in the bioworks code, so > if pvmd or the ini files are somewhere other than where the docs say they > should be (even if they are on your path) it won't work. > > > > Does anyone have encountered the same problems and have any solution for > > that? Considering the fact that we invested close to 40 000$ into this > > cluster (hardware and software costs), we really wish to make it works > > without having to restart our computers every few hours!! > > > And does anyone know if it's more stable to run the nodes under Windows > > rather than Linux? > > AFAIK the master can only run on windows, so you're stuck with that. > > If you want details on our config, let me know. > > Cheers, > > Guy > > -- > Dr. Guy Coates, Informatics System Group > The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1HH, UK > Tel: +44 (0)1223 834244 x 6925 > Fax: +44 (0)1223 494919 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bioclusters maillist - Bioclusters at bioinformatics.org > https://bioinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/bioclusters > -- Jeremy Maris, Computing Manager, School of Life Sciences, John Maynard Smith Building, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QG j.maris at sussex.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0) 1273 678060 Fax: +44 (0) 1273 678433