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For practical purposes 8 high performance cores will be much more performant that 56 cores with lower performance; in particular if the cores are spread over 14 physical machines.
That depends on the task.
What could you do with a similar setup? I mean: what's the purpose and/or the advantages compared to a "classical" solution ?
If you need a cheap dedicated (for privacy) server to run a mail server and perhaps a private cloud with Nextcloud, this is ideal.
What could you do with a similar setup? I mean: what's the purpose and/or the advantages compared to a "classical" solution ?
Purpose: Learn linux clustering/diskless nodes. Advantages: Cheaper than conventional servers, limited physical form factor suitable for constrained environments such as apartments, luggage, etc. Low power consumption, suitable for mobile/off-grid/renewable. Recommended software: https://clusterlabs.org https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/nfs/nfsro... https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Diskless_nodes Commerc…
What could you do with a similar setup? I mean: what's the purpose and/or the advantages compared to a "classical" solution ?
Purpose: Learn linux clustering/diskless nodes. Advantages: Cheaper than conventional servers, limited physical form factor suitable for constrained environments such as apartments, luggage, etc. Low power consumption, suitable for mobile/off-grid/renewable. Recommended software: https://clusterlabs.org https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/nfs/nfsro... https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Diskless_nodes Commerc…
Honestly, could be as valid with a setup that just involves running a bunch of VMs.
> Low power consumption
Yeah, well, a typical laptop should draw around 50W, which is what, like 0.05$ a day?
> Commercial advantage: Run highly cost and power efficient data centers
Hu, no, in terms of power efficiency per unit of work, you will not beat specialized hardware.
> Infrastructure as code. Full CI/CD with kernel-level control, per node, for any OS. With SDN knowledge, confidently build your own cloud provider.
Sure, also, blockchain, 5G, serverless, microwaves, rust, wasm
Lets come back to earth for a second. There is objectively no purpose for this, except it's fun and nerdy. Do we really have to find excuses?
What could you do with a similar setup? I mean: what's the purpose and/or the advantages compared to a "classical" solution ?
Purpose: Learn linux clustering/diskless nodes. Advantages: Cheaper than conventional servers, limited physical form factor suitable for constrained environments such as apartments, luggage, etc. Low power consumption, suitable for mobile/off-grid/renewable. Recommended software: https://clusterlabs.org https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/nfs/nfsro... https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Diskless_nodes Commerc…
When you're done with the cluster, you can likely sell them for nearly what you paid for them.
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Purpose: Learn linux clustering/diskless nodes. Advantages: Cheaper than conventional servers, limited physical form factor suitable for constrained environments such as apartments, luggage, etc. Low power consumption, suitable for mobile/off-grid/renewable. Recommended software: https://clusterlabs.org https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/nfs/nfsro... https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Diskless_nodes Commerc…
> Learn linux clustering/diskless nodes. Honestly, could be as valid with a setup that just involves running a bunch of VMs. > Low power consumption Yeah, well, a typical laptop should draw around 50W, which is what, like 0.05$ a day? > Commercial advantage: Run highly cost and power efficient data centers Hu, no, in terms of power efficiency per unit of work, you will not beat specialized hardware. > Infrastructure…
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That depends on the task.
I challenge you to find a single application where a setup of 14 raspberry pi's will beat the new mac mini.
You can use it as a USB-hub though as I suppose you get 2 USB-ports pr. raspberry pi.