Get Sun HPC ClusterTools 7.1 for Free
Solaris HPC users can now get a free download of the latest
Sun HPC ClusterTools 7.1. Sun HPC ClusterTools 7.1 is an update release based on
Open MPI 1.2.4. Included in Sun HPC ClusterTools 7.1 is new Intel 32- and 64-bit support, improved parallel debugger support, PBS Pro validation, improved memory usage for communication, and other bug fixes by the Open MPI community since Open MPI 1.2 was first released. Of course HPC ClusterTools continues to support SPARC and Opteron based systems in addition to the new Intel support. You should be sure to also be using the latest, free,
Sun Studio 12 compilers to get the best performance out of Sun HPC ClusterTools 7.1, although older Sun Studio 11 and 10 compilers are still supported. And while your updating your HPC software, be sure to get the latest free Sun Grid Engine 6.1 Update 3 which includes several new patches.
We are thinking about releasing a special HPC distro of Solaris that would come pre-configured with HPC ClusterTools, Sun Grid Engine, and Sun Studio. If you are interested, let me know via a comment. Of course, like all our Solaris software, it would be free. So if you are paying a lot of license fees for your HPC software today, now would be a great time to consider switching.
Hey,
That would be good, but I think it would be better if you did a 'HPC Pack' kind of DVD. That way, admins with current Solaris installs could just install the _Pack_ that configures the system as a HPC setup.
This would be less software to maintain or your side of things and keep a unified Solaris distro from Sun.
Just a idea,
Edward.
Posted by EdwardOC on December 03, 2007 at 04:31 PM PST #
I think the _default_ version of Solaris should be preconfigured for HPC use. Why shouldn't this be considered part of the base OS? Same with the compilers. As long as the user can deselect these things during a custom install they should just be "built in"...
-STEVEl
Posted by Steve Logue on December 03, 2007 at 04:31 PM PST #
I am looking forward to your new HPC distro of Solaris. It will be even better if Sun can provide an equivalent of ParallelKnoppix
Posted by Chi Hung Chan on December 03, 2007 at 04:50 PM PST #