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Re: [LUG] Raspberry PI cluster project

 

Wi-fi cards on all of them Server with an external HDD.

Trevor

> On 05 November 2013 at 16:50 Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On 5 Nov 2013 14:35, "Rob Beard" <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, 05 Nov 2013 11:02:35 +0000, Paul Sutton <zleap@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >> > Hi
> >> >
> >> > A while back it was suggested we try and build a raspberry pi cluster
> >> > and test it by cacluating Pi. The topic seems to have gone quiet,
> >> > maybe
> >> > we can do this at a Pi jam, or something.
> >> >
> >> > It needs someone ELSE (NOT ME) or the usual suspects to help sort out
> >> > what is needed. Maybe a downloadable sd card image that people can
> >> > simply download and boot in to, alter a few settings, connect to the
> >> > network (say via a hub / switch) and reboot.
> >> >
> >> > Paul
> >> >
> >>
> >> While part of me is thinking, this would be really cool, another part
> of
> >> me is thinking... what is the point? :-)
> >>
> >> I suppose if we all brought a Pi along with a couple of switches we
> might
> >> be able to get something running, I can't help thinking though that
> it'll
> >> be a complicated mess of wires.
> >>
> >> Rob
> >>
>
> On Tue, 5 Nov 2013 16:46:39 +0000, Nick Roach <nick.roach@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > You say that like it's a bad thing!
> >
> > Nick
>
> Well, normally I'd agree, but being almost tangled up in a network cabinet
> I came close to being turned into a robot firing lasers out of my eyes
> (think Superman III) :-)
>
> Rob
>
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