Build your own bare-metal ARM cluster

Re:Build your own bare-metal ARM cluster by flyinghamster on Monday December 24, 2018 @10:59AM (#18752669)

It's too bad that OpenMosix withered on the vine. Back when it was a thing, I found it really handy to fire up clusterKNOPPIX on a bunch of idle PCs for large compile jobs.

I guess with today's multi-core CPUs, it wasn't thought to be worthwhile, but it could still come in handy for resource-constrained systems like the Pi.

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Re:Build your own bare-metal ARM cluster by guenthert on Monday December 24, 2018 @01:51PM (#18753609)

I share your sentiment regarding Mosix. I don't think however, that clustering SBCs is of any value beyond the learning experience. Even a moderately powerful laptop is much faster than a *Pi, e.g. a 2013 Chromebook Pixel is about 16 times faster than a Banana Pi, when measured using `openssl speed`.

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Re:Build your own bare-metal ARM cluster by wybiral on Monday December 24, 2018 @06:06PM (#18754780)

It depends when you're trying to do with them, but the network speed of the Pi is definitely a bottleneck for me. If it weren't for that, the throughput could definitely be used for some cool stuff even with modest CPU/RAM.

My cluster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZDUe-_mzHc

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Re:Build your own bare-metal ARM cluster by nickpsecurity on Tuesday December 25, 2018 @11:27PM (#18760513)

Neat video. What cool stuff would you use it for?

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