Originally Posted by smokey
I am currently running Slackware 9.1 on three rigs at home, and one NetBSD 2.0 server. I haven't felt the need to upgrade the Slacken Boxen to 10.x, and my laptop is the only one running 2.6.x, but if you're running a server full-time, I would _definately_ go with the 2.6.x-ck patchset.
Re the clustering: before you get too far into clustering, you should know that it is very expensive in both time and money. Clustering tends to bring out the worst in hardware and software and exposes _any_ manufacturing flaws that may be present in either. Hence, it is highly advisable to keep spare hardware around and have the source available for whatever software is running for debugging purposes (that's why most clusters don't run commercial OSes ;)). Also, if you're planning on needing X number of clients, you should increase your cluster size by 10-15%. This will account for all the downtime for hardware swapping that will occur, and it _will_ occur. A cluster is very fruitful and a helluva a lot of fun, but it takes a bit of work to build and maintain.