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Commercial Linux Distribution, kernel version 2.4.x, and 2.6.x For more details about latest Linux Distribution and kernel version support issues, please check from ShaoLin website;
ShaoLin InfiniCluster supports X86, IA64, and PPC system.
Each system requires minimum 64MB RAM to run ShaoLin InfiniCluster. Additional RAM usage depends on operating system and applications.
Disk Storage -- ShaoLin InfiniCluster server installation requires 20MB user disk space for each system
Shared Storage -- Supports shared storage access connection by using SCSI, iSCSI or Fibre Channel host bus adapters. Application sharing data and configuration between nodes within cluster requires shared disk support
Communication Channel is used for heartbeat transfer in ShaoLin InfiniCluster. It requires at least two communication channel interfaces. ShaoLin InfiniCluster supports network interface controller (NIC) and serial port connection.
In order to install ShaoLin InfiniCluster, you need to fulfill the system requirement and following software packages
You will get your registration key when you purchase the product, it will be use to generate the license file.
20MB of disk space is required to install ShaoLin InfiniCluster with ShaoLin Administration System Client.
SIC supports most of the major Linux distribution kernel.
Kernel version supports 2.4.xx and 2.6.xx
You will need the license file in order to create a cluster and add node to cluster.
In order to install ShaoLin InfiniCluster, you must login as root user.
Installer is distribution specific, you need to purchase the suitable version for your system. The name of ShaoLin Microsystems product installer format as follow;
ShaoLin_InfiniCluster - installer - version - release - build number - distro name - arch
Example of a RedHat 9 Linux Installer
ShaoLin_InfiniCluster-installer-2.0-8-B1088-redhat-4EL-i386