Rocks Cluster Distribution 6.2 發布

Rocks是一份完整的光盤機群解決方案，它面向x86及IA64的Red Hat Linux COTS機群。組建一套Rocks cluster并不需要任何機群方面的經歷，實際上，機群架構師將能找到一條靈活的并且標題化的方式來重新設計整個軟件棧，而這對大多數用戶而言則適當地隱藏了。盡管Rocks包括了在任何機群軟件結構中都應指望的工具（PBS、Maui、GM支持、Ganglia等），它的安裝簡易性則是獨一無二的。

he latest update of Rocks codename Sidewinder is now released. Sidewinder is a 64-bit only release and is based upon CentOS 6.6   The Rocks-supplied OS rolls have all updates applied as of May 10, 2015.

Please see the Downloads Page to get started.

Release notes are available.  Support for ZFS has been updated to version 0.6.4.1. Condor is now the HTCondor roll is at release 8.2.8

Also included is support for perfSONAR, where cluster builders can decide to install the full GUI (recommended for a standalone perfSONAR host) or just the command tools.Customizing what is installed for perfSONAR gives four attributes that control which elements of perfSONAR are installed on hosts.

New to 6.2 is the ability to reconfigure the fully qualified domain name of your cluster (FQDN). There are some caveats to the process.

When building a frontend on networks with jumbo frames, the cluster builder can specify the mtu on the “build” command line.

You can visit Rocks source code github