Carl Johnson on 17 Feb 2014 17:59:40 -0800


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Re: [PLUG] Uses for a Beowulf Cluster?

http://www.zdnet.com/build-your-own-supercomputer-out-of-raspberry-pi-boards-7000015831/

At the bottom there's some performance data. That might give you an idea where they're at in relation to an older Xeon.

On February 17, 2014 8:53:13 PM EST, Walt Mankowski <waltman@pobox.com> wrote:
On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 07:29:07PM -0500, Casey Bralla wrote:
 So for no particular reason, I was thinking of setting up a beowulf cluster 
 (probably virtually at first, then perhaps using Raspberry Pi's)
 
 Then the stunning question arises:  What would I use it for?
 
 So my question for this august group is: what use would an average person have 
 for a supercomputer cluster?

Wouldn't you need to cluster quite a few Raspberry Pis to match the
performance of a single garden-variety standard computer these days?

Walt


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