Hi,
Need to get some help on the following question. I am weighing buying a used 4 P server with 4x Intel E7-4870. I will use this machine mostly for WCG. My question revolves around the OS. I want to use Linux for the first time. The ones I can use are either Red Hat or Suse. I have very little experience with these. Installation and setup I feel will not be a problem but the licensing is what I need to find out about. Are older versions of Linux free of licensing?
I know I can use Windows 2008 R2 Server to allow access to the 4 processors with 2 licenses. I would however like to start migrating away from windows and try something new. I am becoming annoyed with MS lately.
I have seen and read about 4p G34 builds plenty but very little on the OS people use for such a system.
Any Ideas or help would be welcomed.
Need to get some help on the following question. I am weighing buying a used 4 P server with 4x Intel E7-4870. I will use this machine mostly for WCG. My question revolves around the OS. I want to use Linux for the first time. The ones I can use are either Red Hat or Suse. I have very little experience with these. Installation and setup I feel will not be a problem but the licensing is what I need to find out about. Are older versions of Linux free of licensing?
I know I can use Windows 2008 R2 Server to allow access to the 4 processors with 2 licenses. I would however like to start migrating away from windows and try something new. I am becoming annoyed with MS lately.
I have seen and read about 4p G34 builds plenty but very little on the OS people use for such a system.
Any Ideas or help would be welcomed.