Re: [Savannah-hackers] savannah.gnu.org: submission of Artabel Parallel Environment

[Loic Dachary]

        Access to ftp://mail.artabel.net/incoming/arpe/src/ times out at
present. I'll try again tomorrow. You can also send the tarbals via mail
to me (address@hidden) directly.

        Cheers,

address@hidden writes:
 > 
 > A package was submitted to savannah.gnu.org.
 > This mail was sent to address@hidden, address@hidden
 > 
 > 
 > Pablo Bosch <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
 > License: gpl
 > Other License: 
 > Package: Artabel Parallel Environment
 > System name: arpe
 > This package wants to apply for inclusion in the GNU project
 > 
 > Description:
 > Arpe is a WEB based build and manage beowulf-style clusters tool. From yous 
 > Arpe server, you can install GNU/Linux on nodes, partition their hard-disks 
 > and make node hard disk snapshots  that you can apply later to other nodes. 
 > This is used to clone GNU/Linux installations from one node to N nodes when 
 > setting up the cluster. You can also keep a \"library\" of GNU/Linux 
 > installations so you can test new software and go back to the prevoius 
 > version if it is not stable.
 > Arpe can handle heterogeneous cluster nodes, meaning that the only 
 > requirement is that the node can run some kind of GNU/Linux, different hard 
 > disk geometries or interfaces are taken into account when cloning.
 > Currently only Redhat 6.x/7.x are supported but Arpe is not tied to a 
 > particular distribution.
 > 
 > Arpe relies on DHCP/PXE/tftp to send an IP/kernel/ramdisk/kernel-options to 
 > cluster nodes on booting.  
 > You can have a different kernel/boot options for each node as well as 
 > different GNU/Linux systems. 
 > 
 > There is also : 
 > 1) A monitoring tool (pingusd) to check cpu/mem/disk/file systems etc... 
 > activity. 
 > 2) An accounting tool (acct) to view user cluster utilisation on a 
 > day/month/year basis
 > 3) Administrator tools a la WebAdmin to configure users, nodes, PBS
 >  
 > Arpe already exists and you can download the latest distribution at 
 > ftp://mail.artabel.net/incoming/arpe/src/
 > Docs are available at 
 > ftp://mail.artabel.net/incoming/arpe/doc
 > Redhat 6.2 and 7.x  Snapshots at
 > ftp://mail.artabel.net/incoming/arpe/images
 > 
 > Version 1.1.x is the most stable but is no longer supported.
 > Version 1.2.x is under development but usable, it has many improvements and 
 > can handle cluster users besides cluster administrators.
 > 
 > Please read the doc (postscript) carefully before using Arpe.
 > 
 > Other Software Required:
 > Apache
 > PHP 4
 > Postgresql (<7.3)
 > rsuid (included)
 > 
 > Other Comments:
 > This project was to be hosted on sourceforge two years ago. Now it is much 
 > more stable.
 > It was also registered as BluePill

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