This section describes individual components and software that you
should consider when building your cluster. Most of these components
are part of the OSCAR and Rocks distribution but can be installed
independently. Thus, by using the material in this section, you could
bypass OSCAR or Rocks and build a custom cluster. Or you could use
these chapters to learn more about the software that is part of OSCAR
and Rocks.
These chapters are largely independent and can be read in any order
with one minor exception. Chapter 12 uses the C3
tools introduced in Chapter 10. However, you
should have little trouble understanding Chapter 12 even if you haven't read
Chapter 10. In practice, you will probably want
to install the software described in Chapters 9 through 12 and then
return to Chapter 8 to clone your systems.
Since the other chapters describe manually installing software, you
might want to glance over Chapter 8 before you
begin those chapters so you'll know what can be
automated.
