[Beowulf] SATA II - PXE+NFS - diskless compute nodes

[Buccaneer for Hire.]

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> I agree with what Joe says about a few hundred nodes being the time you 
> would start to look closer at this approach.

I have started to explore the possibility of using this technology because I would really like to see us with the ability to change OSs and OS Personalities as needed.  The question I have is with 2000+ compute nodes what kind of infrastructure do I need to support this?








 
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