On Wed, 12 Sep 2012, Lux, Jim (337C) wrote: >> >> >> >> When you are trying to educate people about cluster computing, the most >> important thing is conveying the difficulties (both performance and >> infrastructure related) working at scale -- not simply showing off that >> the thing is "faster." > > > Precisely this.. > > The Arduino might be a bit too small.. (you'd spend time fighting things > like the 1Kbyte of RAM to do anything useful in terms of routing tables, > etc.) > > But the important stuff, to me, is the managing the hardware issues. > Nothing beats sitting there with 100+ cables in a big ball in front of you > to appreciate that a 1024 unit cluster is a BIG chore. > > > Too bad that Allied (a US distributor of Raspberry Pi) shows "zero" in > stock and 18 week delivery; I just got a few hundred bucks as a bonus > award, and was all ready to pull the trigger on 10 units.. >
Newark has 100 in stock according to their order page. http://www.newark.com/raspberry-pi/raspbrry-pcba/raspberry-pi-model-b-board-only/dp/83T1943?isRedirect=true > >> > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
