Here’s some quick steps to get a functioning nova dev install running on a single machine. I am using Ubuntu 10.10 and the instructions should be applicable to Ubuntu 10.04 as well. For the purposes of following through the steps a VM would suffice, but would be nice to have a devoted machine.
Moab Workload Manager CLI Commands
by Nirmal on 16. Apr, 2010 in Distributed, SysAdmin
Here’s a list of handy commands for dealing with Moab. I’m going to keep it short and focus on commands to solve specific use cases. [...]
Review of Moab HPC Suite
by Nirmal on 08. Apr, 2010 in Distributed, SysAdmin, Tech Talk
I’ve been using Moab HPC suite for more than a year now and have finally got some time to write up a complete in-depth review of all the features. Hopefully this is helpful for those looking at incorporating Moab in your environment. Moab Adaptive HPC Suite is a complete solution to manage a HPC environment [...]
Sun/Oracle Grid Engine 6.2 installation on Windows
by Nirmal on 22. Mar, 2010 in Distributed, How-Tos, SysAdmin
Sun Grid Engine 6.2 Update 2 introduced the support for Windows Operating systems to run as worker nodes. Sun or Oracle Grid Engine as it’s being relabeled now is a distributed resource manager primarily used in HPC environment, but there’s more widespread use now with all the new features introduced as part of Update 5.
ESB Core Capabilities
by Nirmal on 27. Feb, 2009 in Distributed, Tech Talk
I’ve been researching ESB’s lately and thought it’d be good to post a list of core capabilities requirements for an ESB. The main reason behind this is, all the vendors out there with ESBesque products just try to market a whole lot of fluff. This info will provide you a starting point when you start [...]
New Enterprise Grid initiatives
by Nirmal on 29. Oct, 2007 in Distributed
When enterprise Grid adoption seemed to be on a flat scale, D-Grid has come up with 5 enterprise grid initiatives: BIS-Grid (business information systems) Biz2Grid (grid technology for enterprises) FinGrid (financial business) PartnerGrid (e-collaboration for the industry) ProGRID (collaborative product development) More on each Though it’s good to see new initiatives spring, the real question [...]
Sun re-entering into mainstream supercomputing
by Nirmal on 28. Jun, 2007 in Distributed
Here’s an interesting article on SUN’s new supercomputers and blades. Sun’s theme “The network is the computer” is well accepted, but hasn’t really delivered products that keep up to it. The new Constellation System will be re-enforcing that idea.
Move to Green
by Nirmal on 01. Jun, 2007 in Distributed
With all the buzz about energy conservation and move towards renewable energy, there’s inroads being made into the world of data centers to reduce energy consumption. The Green Grid is a consortium of companies seeking to reduce the power consumption in data centers. All the major networking, hardware and chip manufacturing companies are working hard [...]
EMC World 2007 – EMC Grid
by Nirmal on 23. May, 2007 in Distributed
This week was wonderful at EMC World 2007 at Orlando, Florida. There were a lot of interesting sessions, but of particular interest was EMC’s Grid solution. EMC acquired business grid technology from Acxiom in January of 2006. This is a unique solution unlike any other enterprise grid offerings. Most of the enterprise offerings so far [...]
OGF 20
by Nirmal on 26. Apr, 2007 in Distributed
The OGF20/EGEE User Forum is being held May 7-11 in Manchester, UK. The five day program includes an exciting array of opportunities for attendees to learn, outreach, network, and contribute to the work of our international grid community. Highlights will include: OGF Group Sessions – continuing the standards and best practice work of our community [...]
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