I wanted to thank everyone who responded,
for a whole bunch of advice and suggestions!
Sergei
On 29-Jul-13 12:22 PM, Sergei Strelkov wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> In old times I, just like about any protein crystallographer,
> used to work on a cluster of SGI/IRIX workstations with complete
> NFS-based
> cross-mounting of hard disks.
>
> A typical operation included:
> 1. A single home directory location for every user:
> if my home directory was on workstation X, I would by default use
> it after logging on any of the workstations in the cluster.
> 2. A single location for all software for general use.
> (And, obviously, 3. The ability to log on any node from
> any terminal; today this is done via the 'ssh -X' command).
>
> I wondered if someone could give us an advice on a painless
> setup enabling 1. and 2., for a small cluster of Ubuntu computers.
> We (will) have about five similar Dell computers in a local (192.168.*.*)
> network (wired/wireless). Any tips on the hardware (especially the
> LAN and network disks) are also welcome.
>
> Many thanks,
> Sergei
>
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Prof. Sergei V. Strelkov
Laboratory for Biocrystallography
Dept of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven
Herestraat 49 bus 822, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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