[Beowulf] Demo-cluster ideas

[Douglas Eadline]

If you want to try and pull real performance out
of any i7 based SFF boards, pay close attention to
the Ethernet chipset (avoid Realtek, seek Intel)

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Doug



> We're in the process of developing a demo Beowulf cluster in the spirit of
> Tiny Titan (http://tinytitan.github.io/). However, the one we are working
> on is based on 10 Intel i7 small-form-factor boards with a fairly good
> per-core compute capability.
>
> I'd be interested to hear if you have some ideas (or even pointers to
> code!) for demonstrating HPC concepts to the general public. Especially
> having an element of interactivity would be nice.
>
> Couple of low-hanging fruits that we are already looking at are
> Blender/povray-rendering and porting the existing Tiny Titan codes.
>
> Best regards,
> Olli-Pekka
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> Olli-Pekka Lehto
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> Computing Platforms
> CSC - IT Center for Science Ltd.
> E-Mail: olli-pekka.lehto at csc.fi
> Tel: +358 50 381 8604
> skype: oplehto // twitter: ople
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