Hi James,
> Thanks very much for the advice. I'll try to
> set things up the way you suggest, sounds much
> easier. But I have a couple of questions.
>
> > a) Don't touch the RB stuff. No need, very complicated, and due to be
> > replaced by a new version in EDG2.0 which is more stable.
> >
>
> Most of the docs I've read seem to suggest an RB
> is necessary. How does a setup without one work?
An RB is required but you can use ours rather than set up your own...
>
> > If you have
> > more boxes you should have a User Interface (UI) and then add extra WNs.
> >
>
> I think the user interface software is quite
> lightweight and doesn't need root permissions to
> install, so I was going to install it on our
> general use cluster here at EPCC.
>
That is fine. I can see some problem about porting the UI to solaris, but
if you are on linux you should be fine.
All the best,
david
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