Operating System: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

• Installed on the nodes using PXE and preseeding.
• “Hands-free” install for a new node.
• Will possibly upgrade soon(ish) to 14.04 LTS.
  • Can try out Docker (“lightweight virtual machines”).

Cluster Resource Management

• SLURM
• Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management
  • From Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• https://computing.llnl.gov/linux/slurm/