Selecting a Distribution

• Scyld is the easiest distribution to install and is the most flexible

  • OSCAR requires many manual steps
  • OSCAR will format your slave's hard drive

• Scyld BProc and Two Kernel Monte avoids version skew and configuration problems

  • OSCAR more like NOW, each slave with own software and user authentication

• OSCAR supports more types of hardware and heterogeneous systems

• OSCAR has newer kernel & applications(RH7.1)

Notes: