Configuration Management and Monitoring of a Debian Etch Beowulf Cluster

[Steffen Grunewald]

On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 10:18:58AM +0330, Farid Behnia wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've put together a simple 2-node cluster using Debian etch , OpenMPI , FAI
> & Cfengine.
> I'm looking for ideas that can help me with building a better self-healing
> cluster. Right now I'm making rule files for cfengine and would acknowledge
> any input on sample files and important configurations that need to be made
> for the cluster's health. (Although it's site-specific but I'm sure I can
> get good hints out of them)
> 
> However I'd also be glad to see if you have any monitoring system in mind
> that can cooperate with cfengine in the maintenance job. I've looked briefly
> into Ganglia and Nagios so far. It seems Ganglia is mostly meant for large
> (groups of) clusters and focuses on hw resources. Nagios seems to be
> better-suited for my job, but the gurus at cfengine mailing list believe
> that cfenvd & cfexecd can provide equal monitoring & recovery capability (in
> terms of response time).
> What's your take on either of them?
> 
> Thanks beforehand to anyone sharing their experience.

Although it's not exactly FAI related, you might have a look at Gluster:
http://www.gluster.org

Steffen

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