Wits Cluster

Not sure at all about much of this, it's mostly here as an example. Please correct/complete - Sergio

Hardware

• 1 Head Node
  • MB: Intel
  • CPU: 2 Quad-core Xeon ?
  • RAM: 4GB ?
  • Storage:

• 3 Worker Nodes
  • MB: Intel
  • CPU: 2 Quad-core Xeon ?
  • RAM: 4GB ?
  • Storage: ?

• Network
  • non-managed Ethernet switch

Software

• Base Linux distribution: Scientific Linux 4.?
• Cluster configuration: OSCAR
• Virtualisation on head node:
• Middleware:
  • OSG (on own virtual machine)
  • gLite (on own virtual machine)
• MPI:
• Queues:
  • Torque ?

Network configuration

• public network to head node
• worker nodes on NAT
• Ports open inbound:
  • GridFTP?
  • etc
• Ports open outbound:
  • all but HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP