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| 2005-09-24 |
Development Release: Rocks Cluster 4.1 Beta |
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The first beta of Rocks Cluster Distribution 4.1 has been released: "Rocks 4.1 Beta is released. New Features: the Avalanche Installer uses a BitTorrent tracker to support highly-scalable concurrent compute node installation; the Avalanche Installer drastically reduces the pressure on the frontend when many compute nodes are concurrently installed; creation of the "Rocks Foundation Class"; new blog-based frontend homepage. Enhancements: OS Roll based on CentOS release 4/update 1 and all updates as of September 21 2005; updated SGE roll to SGE 6 update 6; 'rocks-mirror' modified to build Roll CD sets for any RPM repository...." More details can be found in the release notes. The new release, consisting of a "Rocks Boot Roll" ISO image and two "OS Rolls" ISO images, are available for download for both the i386 and x86_64 architectures. |
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| About Rocks Cluster |
| Rocks is a complete "cluster on a CD" solution for x86 and x86_64 Red Hat Linux clusters. Building a Rocks cluster does not require any experience in clustering, yet a cluster architect will find a flexible and programmatic way to redesign the entire software stack just below the surface (appropriately hidden from the majority of users). Although Rocks includes the tools expected from any clustering software stack (PBS, Maui, GM support, Ganglia, etc), it is unique in its simplicity of installation. |
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