Deploying Linux on IBM pSeries Clusters

For customers interested in Linux who need powerful and reliable servers to support their applications, IBM pSeries offers 64-bit POWER servers to match their requirements at lower costs. Unlike other servers supporting solely high performance Linux needs, IBM provides leadership price/performance with high reliability and a roadmap to provide the customer with investment protection.

This IBM Redbook provides information and guidelines for how to deploy Linux on IBM pSeries clusters. Topics covered include:
System installation
System administration
Linux for pSeries RAS and problem determination
Getting started with GPFS
Cluster Systems Management (CSM)
High Performance Computing case studies
Commercial application case studies

This redbook also includes hints and tips that illustrate particular observations discovered during the residency. Additional reference materials and Web sites have been included as well, to provide the reader with other sources of information necessary to implement Linux on pSeries clusters.