On Tue, 24 Jan 2006, Santiago Nuñez wrote:

> Greetings to everyone,
> 
> It is a pleasure to interact with this scientific community.  Costa R=
> ica
> recently has begun to explore the possibilities that cluster computin=
> g and
> Grid offer. At the present time, I'm in charge of the implementation =
> of a
> general cluster and Grid strategy for supporting scientific activitie=
> s in e
> National Center of High Technology and later in our principal univers=
> ities.
> This aims towards the reinforcement of research and academic improvem=
> ent as
> well.
> 
> We would like to extend an invitation to this community for possible
> suggestions. One of the most important goals is in a mid-term period =
> to be
> able to connect to the Grid project. Also, we are are also starting
> interaction with the PRAGMA Project thanks to Ph.D. Jose Castro Mora.
> 
> One last question:
> 
> Currently I'm configuring our UltraSparc-based cluster with Gentoo Li=
> nux,
> but I'd rather prefer to explore Scientific Linux and the experience =
> on
> scientific computation you have developed. Is there any sparc build
> available? For the rest of the clusters I believe we will be working =
> on x86
> or ia64 architectures, so there won't be any special requirements.

We only support i386, x86_64 and ia64.  Scientific Linux is based on RHEL 
3/4 and since RHEL 3/4 does not support sparc neither do we.

-Connie Sieh
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> Santiago Nunez
> Centro Nacional de Alta Tecnologia - Instituto Tecnologico de Costa R=
> ica
> 
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> Greetings to everyone,<br>
> <br>
> It is a pleasure to interact with this scientific community.&nbsp;
> Costa Rica recently has begun to explore the possibilities that clust=
> er
> computing and Grid offer. At the present time, I'm in charge of the
> implementation of a general cluster and Grid strategy for supporting
> scientific activities in e National Center of High Technology and lat=
> er
> in our principal universities. This aims towards the reinforcement of
> research and academic improvement as well.<br>
> <br>
> We would like to extend an invitation to this community for possible
> suggestions. One of the most important goals is in a mid-term period =
> to
> be able to connect to the Grid project. Also, we are are also startin=
> g
> interaction with the PRAGMA Project thanks to Ph.D. Jose Castro Mora.=
> <br>
> <br>
> One last question:<br>
> <br>
> Currently I'm configuring our UltraSparc-based cluster with Gentoo
> Linux, but I'd rather prefer to explore Scientific Linux and the
> experience on scientific computation you have developed. Is there any
> sparc build available? For the rest of the clusters I believe we will
> be working on x86 or ia64 architectures, so there won't be any specia=
> l
> requirements.<br>
> <br>
> Thanks.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Santiago Nunez<br>
> Centro Nacional de Alta Tecnologia - Instituto Tecnologico de Costa R=
> ica<br>
> <br>
> 
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>