Re: [Condor-users] Mac Users of Condor Anybody out there?

[Preston Smith <psmith@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Purdue's BoilerGrid has a couple of OS X slots floating around, but  
just a couple.

FWIW, we find that users won't spend the time porting their code to  
lightly-represented platforms. Of course, in an environment like  
Ian's, with a central software stack, it may make more sense.


On Dec 9, 2008, at 4:04 PM, Ian Stokes-Rees wrote:

> We use OS X, but so far not for Condor pools, although that may  
> change.  I think Clemson may also have machines publishing OS X, but  
> they may only be available internally.
>
> We'd be happy to work with you to share experiences of the process,  
> and if you put them into an OSG accessible pool, we'd happily use  
> them.  Our full software stack is already compiled for PPC and Intel  
> Mac.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ian
>
> Douglas Baggett wrote:
> > Does anybody use OS X for Condor Pools? I was thinking of putting our
> > Spare dual core and quad core Mac pros (PowerPC and Intel) into a
> > Cluster and either joining them to OSG or Flocking them with somebody
> > but wondering if anybody would care or use them?
>
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