That is the idea behind the Limulus systems -- a personal (or group) small turn-key cluster that can deliver local HPC performance. Users can learn HPC software, administration, and run production codes on performance hardware.
I have been calling these "No Data Center Needed" computing systems (or as is now the trend "Edge" computing). These systems have a different power/noise/heat envelope than a small pile of data center servers (i.e. you can use them next to your desk, in a lab or classroom, at home etc.) Performance is optimized to fit in an ambient power/noise/heat envelope. Basement Supercomputing recently started shipping updated systems with uATX blades and 65W Ryzen processors (with ECC), more details are on the data sheet (web page not updated to new systems just yet) https://www.basement-supercomputing.com/download/limulus-data-sheets/Limulus_ALL.pdf Full disclosure, I work with Basement Supercomputing. -- Doug > > Is there a role for a modest HPC cluster at the community college? > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > https://beowulf.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > -- Doug -- Doug _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit https://beowulf.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
