Cmeta: a cluster management enabling toolbox for administrators

摘要

PC cluster has become a promising and cost-effective platform for scientific and engineering computation. The widespread use of PC clusters brings out the need for an effective cluster management software environment. This paper presents Cmeta, a Cluster Management Enabling Toolbox for Administrators, which has been developed to assist in managing the Linux-based PC clusters at the National Center for High-performance Computing (NCHC) in Taiwan. The architecture of Cmeta and several issues regarding cluster management are discussed throughout the paper.