> > > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2020 21:08:30 +0000 > From: "Lux, Jim (US 337K)" <james.p....@jpl.nasa.gov> > To: "beowulf@beowulf.org" <beowulf@beowulf.org> > Subject: Re: [Beowulf] [EXTERNAL] Re: First cluster in 20 years - > questions about today > Message-ID: <1e8c57e0-6050-43de-b0a5-001f90ed3...@jpl.nasa.gov> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > How old is the old cluster? You might actually spend more time trying to > get the nodes all working than you’d save by having them as a compute > element. I’ve looked at piles of computers in my garage and thought “hey, > I should cluster them” and then, I realize that the discount laptop I can > buy for a few hundred bucks will blow the combination away. > > So, unless you’re “learning how to build a cluster”, I wouldn’t think > that’s the way to go. And for the “how to bring up a cluster tinkering”, a > batch of rPi or beagles and a cheap switch is probably cheaper and more > reflective of modern distros. > > OTOH, if your three old nodes are a year old, then have at it. >
The old cluster is about 15 years old. Dual cpu socket 940 Opteron. It is what I currently have. >
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