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HA-OSCAR 1.0 Beta release - unleashing HA Beowulf

Posted by Hemos on from the let-it-loose dept.

ImmO writes " The eXtreme Computing Research (XCR) group at Louisiana Tech University is pleased to announce the first public release of HA-OSCAR 1.0 beta. High Availability Open Source Cluster Application Resource (HA-OSCAR) is an open source project that aims toward non-stop services in the HPC environment through a combined power of High Availability and Performance Computing solutions. Our goal is to enhance a Beowulf cluster system for mission-critical applications and downtime-sensitive HPC infrastructures. To achieve high availability, component redundancy is adopted in HA-OSCAR cluster to eliminate single point of failures, especially at the head node. HA-OSCAR also incorporates a self-healing mechanism; failure detection & recovery, automatic failover and fail-back. The 1.0 beta release supports new high-availability capabilities for Linux Beowulf clusters based on OSCAR 3.0 It provides an installation wizard GUI and a web-based administration tool that allows a user to create and configure a multi-head Beowulf cluster. A default set of monitoring services are included to ensure that critical services, hardware components and important resources are always available at the control node. "

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  1. Imagine... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Just imagine a beowulf cluster of those! (fp)

    1. Re:Imagine... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Given that this is slashdot, they probably deleted it because they realized it had nothing to do with Anime, Microsoft bashing, or Linux worship.

  2. First thing this cluster could compute: by Da+Fokka · · Score: 2, Funny

    The ratio 'imagine a...'-jokes to 'now there will be a lot of 'imagine a...''-jokes

  3. In Other News by PonyHome · · Score: 5, Funny

    Darl McBride files suit against Louisiana Tech, saying "This is one more example of how SCO innovation has been misappropriated."

  4. Re:Just imagine... by Nick+of+NSTime · · Score: 3, Funny

    What? Imagine what? Don't keep me in suspense!

  5. Buzzwords Aplenty! by DanoTime · · Score: 4, Funny

    Boy, I could make my manager's head spin just by reading the summary of that article!

    1. Re:Buzzwords Aplenty! by sg_oneill · · Score: 2, Funny

      Haha. Yeah I was kinda thinking there was a bit of a buzzword overload there..

      That said , I think they missed the bit about it using "XML compliant Strategic Webservice Failover Product placements + Redundant steak knives!!"

      Aint it scary tho, when you read articles like that, and despite having years of IT deep-fried knowledge, you'd probably have to pass it to marketing to decode it.

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  6. Re:Just Imagine..... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Just imagine a beowolf cluster of beowolf clusters of beowolf cluster jokes!

  7. Buzzword count by Electrawn · · Score: 4, Funny

    High amount of corporate buzzwords detected: self-healing, mission-critical, GUI, beowulf...

    Oh, this project actually does those things? Quaint!

    Just running the vaporware bullshit o-meter here...

  8. hold on hold on by tetrahedrassface · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can hear the terrorist governments of the world licking their chops for this one! Im just joking. Or am I?

  9. Misread title.... by BenJeremy · · Score: 1, Funny

    I thought this was about Beowolf clusters in NASCAR. :o

  10. Re:sources of failure by Bombcar · · Score: 2, Funny

    I've heard (no sources, google it) that Grendel is hard for beowulf clusters to deal with.....

    Maybe? I dunno. :)

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  11. Hopefully fail safe ? by LupeSpywalper · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hear a certain terrorist group's Open Source Application Management Administrator (OSAMA) is already working hard to find some loop holes in the code.