In terms of OS I was actually thinking of using gentoo. I am not sure what everyones take is on gentoo for such an environment.
On 2016-05-16 19:42, Lux, Jim (337C) wrote: > Someone has done a fairly large (64 nodes) cluster of raspis. > > Computationally, it's not a great solution in a GFLOPS/Watt or GFLOPS/money > sense. > > OTOH, if you wanted to have a class assemble toy clusters, the hardware cost > is fairly low. > > I might choose a BeagleBone Black instead of a raspi, but that's purely a > personal preference - it took me less time to get my BBB up and running (<1 > hr from opening the box) than the raspi (half a day, mostly trying to get a > bootable image together in a Windows environment). > > I think there is some significant pedagogical value in actually bringing up a > cluster from scratch and dealing with sysadmin issues like assigning IP > addresses, how you push software to the nodes, etc. > > One problem with the "cheap and cheerful" boards is that the boards are easy, > but you need power supplies, some sort of way to manage the hardware > (although "spread out on the table top" is fine at first, but, please, get an > ESD mat and wear a wrist strap...) > > The other problem is getting visible output - you could spend more on > displays, cables, KVM, than on the computers. > > If you could find inexpensive $100 laptops, that might be a better starting > point. They have a keyboard, a display, a power supply, etc. You can get > recertified HP laptops for <$90 from newegg. > > If you're a glutton for punishment, you could use WiFi for the networking.. > > Jim Lux > > (818)354-2075 (office) > > (818)395-2714 (cell) > > FROM: Beowulf [mailto:[email protected]] ON BEHALF OF Jonathan > Aquilina > SENT: Saturday, May 14, 2016 11:45 PM > TO: Carlos Linares Lopez <[email protected]> > CC: [email protected] > SUBJECT: Re: [Beowulf] recommendations on ARM distro? > > What is everyone's thoughts on raspi's for a cluster? > > On 2016-05-12 21:58, Carlos Linares Lopez wrote: > > My first e-mail in the list, ...something I finally understand! :) > > I have a small cluster of 3 odroid u3 running Unbuntu 14.04 LTS (I do > have to update it these days to 16.04). I use condor and it works very > nicely > > You can see a short demo here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4QPX50u4rg [1] > > El 12/5/16 a las 21:09, C Bergström escribió: > > On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 2:59 AM, Mark Hahn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > we have a (tiny) experimental ARM box - based on Cavium ThunderX, but have > run into basic issues with distros (ie, ARM+ldap+ubuntu=fail). > > If you're using ARM (on something bigger than a RPi), what distro are you > using? > > I don't have 1st hand experience with the combination you're > referencing above, but peanut gallery comments > > 1) I'd encourage you to retry the default Cavium provided OS - I > realize that the package manager may not be fun, but they have thus > far been good about software support for our needs > > 2) Fedora has put quite a bit of effort into their AArch64 distro > ------------ > I'm happy to connect you to people @ARM or @Cavium which is likely a > better support channel for critical software like this. > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf [2] Links: ------ [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4QPX50u4rg [2] http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
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