Comments on: Provisioning Tips for Cluster Software Packages http://insidehpc.com/2013/02/24/provisioning-tips-for-cluster-software-packages/ HPC News Without the Noise for Supercomputing Professionals | insideHPC Sun, 19 May 2013 10:46:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Chris Samuel http://insidehpc.com/2013/02/24/provisioning-tips-for-cluster-software-packages/#comment-383908 Chris Samuel Sun, 24 Feb 2013 22:27:03 +0000 http://insidehpc.com/?p=35286#comment-383908 I've got to say I'm a bit puzzled about this, I've been involved in HPC for almost 10 years now and I've never run a cluster where you've had to reboot a node after installing software. We just install software into: /usr/local/$package-$compiler/$version and then Modules (http://modules.sf.net/) to let users add/remove packages from their environment (and set up a default set for them of course). I’ve got to say I’m a bit puzzled about this, I’ve been involved in HPC for almost 10 years now and I’ve never run a cluster where you’ve had to reboot a node after installing software. We just install software into:

/usr/local/$package-$compiler/$version

and then Modules (http://modules.sf.net/) to let users add/remove packages from their environment (and set up a default set for them of course).

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