Deploying Linux on IBM eServer pSeries Clusters

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Deploying Linux on IBM eServer pSeries Clusters
By Dino  Quintero, Prabhakar  Attaluri, Tomas  Baublys, Xinghong  He, Chin  Yau Lee, Francois  Thomas
Publisher	: IBM
Pub Date	: February 2004
ISBN	: 0-7384-9876-9
Pages	: 458

• System installation and administration

• Application case studies

• Cluster management

For customers interested in Linux who need powerful and reliable servers to support their applications, IBM eServer pSeries offers 64-bit POWER servers to match their requirements at lower costs. Unlike other servers supporting solely high performance Linux needs, IBM eServer pSeries provides leadership price/performance with high reliability and a roadmap to provide the customer with investment protection.

This IBM Redbook provides information and guidelines for how to deploy Linux on IBM eServer pSeries clusters. Topics covered include:

System installation

System administration

Linux for pSeries RAS and problem determination

Getting started with GPFS

Cluster Systems Management (CSM)

High Performance Computing case studies

Commercial application case studies

This redbook also includes hints and tips that illustrate particular observations discovered during the residency. Additional reference materials and Web sites have been included as well, to provide the reader with other sources of information necessary to implement Linux on pSeries clusters.