IRIDIA cluster installation
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This page contains a more or less complete guide on how to reinstall the IRIDIA cluster from scratch.
| Architecture | What nodes are in the cluster and how they are organized. |
| The boot process | Information on how the two types of nodes boot. |
| Stopping the cluster and backup | How to stop the cluster and what files to backup (IMPORTANT) before reinstalling everything. |
| Installing an OS on the servers | How to install Debian on the servers. |
| Basic server daemons | How to install DHCP, apt-cacher, AIDE, NIS, firewalls |
| Installing the diskless nodes | How to install the diskless nodes, kernel compilation, PXE boot, TFTP etc. |
| Installing the nodes with disks | How to install Fully Automated Installation (FAI) on the servers in order to get the nodes with disks up and running. |
| Installing Sun Grid Engine, PVM and MPI | How to install the parallel programming middleware PVM and MPI. |
| Maintenance | Installing new software, keeping the systems secure, etc. |
| Todo | A few things that still needs to be done and things that could be done. |
