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A Process for Managing and Customizing HPC Operating Systems  by David Brown

This article describes a process that can manage an HPC operating system that includes critical application testing, integrating custom software, monitoring and configuration management.

How YARN Changed Job Scheduling in Hadoop  by Adam Diaz

A look at job scheduling in Hadoop and how it compares to what you know and love in HPC workload managers you have used for years.

Linux Containers and the Future Cloud  by Rami Rosen

Process-level virtualization with Linux-based containers.

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Using MySQL's Built-in Replication  by Brian Trapp

Improve performance and reliability with MySQL replication.

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Reuven M. Lerner's At the Forge   Geolocation  

Dave Taylor's Work the Shell   Accumulating Brains in Zombie Dice  

Kyle Rankin's Hack and /   Tails above the Rest, Part II  

Shawn Powers' The Open-Source Classroom   Your Media, Served Two Ways  

Doc Searls' EOF   Opening Minds to the Spheres Among Us  

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