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Fermilab is part of US department of Energy. |
| Application |
Large scale clusters for Linear Accelerators |
| Previously |
Disparate PC cluster |
| Currently |
Large server cluster and OpenClovis |
| Why COTS? |
US government promote open source and COTS |
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Insufficient middleware expertise especially system/chassis management |
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Time and cost of building proprietary middleware |
| Why OpenClovis? |
Area expertise (HA and System Management) |
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Dedication to customer support |
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Open Source |