OSCAR meta-package system

John Mugler, Thomas Naughton, Stephen L. Scott

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Abstract

The deployment and management of software is an ongoing challenge for cluster systems administrators. The Open Source Cluster Application Resources (OSCAR) toolkit is designed to assist both novice and experienced administrators with cluster administration. The toolkit includes a meta-packaging system to help with cluster software distribution and installation. These meta-packages are called OSCAR Packages. An OSCAR Package may include binary software packages (e.g., RPMS) as well as a stock configuration, tests and documentation. This encapsulation enables OSCAR to better manage cluster software and allows users to select which pieces they would like to use. The modularity of the OSCAR Packages has enabled the project to start new "spin off" projects that leverage the base toolkit and extend the functionality by adding new packages. As OSCAR has matured, new Linux distributions and cluster applications have been introduced. The extensibility of OSCAR via this modular meta-packaging system has been a major asset. However, certain limitations do exist. Since, a large part of the project's success is dependent upon contributions by others, the quality of this packaging system is of paramount importance to OSCAR. This paper will provide a brief survey of the current v4.0 OSCAR meta-packaging system and then outline some of the proposed enhancements that are currently on the project's road-map.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 19th International Symposium on High Performance Computing Systems and Applications, HPCS 2005
EditorsI. Kotsireas, D. Stacey
Pages353-360
Number of pages8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005
Event19th International Symposium on High Performance Computing Systems and Applications, HPCS 2005 - Guelph, ON, Canada
Duration: May 15 2005May 18 2005

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Symposium on High Performance Computing Systems and Applications
ISSN (Print)1550-5243

Conference

Conference19th International Symposium on High Performance Computing Systems and Applications, HPCS 2005
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityGuelph, ON
Period05/15/0505/18/05

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