I'm trying to build a cluster using a DELL PowerVault 220S and two DELL PE2650 servers with PERC 3/DC controllers. I've found some info on the Red Hat site about a $500 per node Cluster Suite (plus $ for ES or AS subscription per node) - but very little on how it is actually set up. Is there anyone out there who has any experience with this sort of thing under FC ?
That clustering s/w is not available for FC. Its pretty good, although its only a high availability cluster (if a node goes down, its jobs will get picked up by another node). We use it at work, but I have not configured it myself so I'm a little shakey on the exact details but I seem to remember that you need SAN storage to make it effective. IMO its quite expensive for what it is, but my company is happy to shell the cash out for it.
If you're asking about a compute cluster, take a look at <http://www.clustermatic.org> for a Fedora based HPC cluster.
John
