Kusu/OCS

So Platform announced Platform Cluster Manager (PCM) this week.

It is basically OCS rebranded. Why?

1. better name to tell people what the software is for (PCM is alot clearer than OCS)

2. Align with rest of Platform's naming convention

3. More catchy :-)

We are planning on Kusu2 and PCM2 new features and capabilities now, and I believe it will give cluster admins a much more usable tool to address the whole lifecycle of ...

Another story on Red Hat HPC and Kusu

Red Hat chases Redmond with HPC play • The Register


But to say that Red Hat chases Redmond is not exactly right. It is more of Redmond chasing after the Linux HPC market.

I have seen the new Windows HPC Server 2008 and I must say it is very nicely done with good integration of management and monitoring tools. But what they have delivered in Windows HPC Server 2008 is what the Linux HPC market has since 2006; ...