[ale] Cluster software for Raspberry Pi?

[Byron Jeff]

On Wed, Jul 01, 2015 at 06:55:43PM -0400, Raj Wurttemberg wrote:
> I'm starting on my Raspberry Pi cluster project. Just for fun, no business
> need.  
> 
> I'm building a four-node cluster but I am unsure of what cluster software I
> should use.  I will have NFS storage for a quorum if needed. 

We have a couple of Mathematics Professors at Clayton State that are doing
parallel numerical computation using a Pi cluster. IIRC they are using
Python and MPI. A tutorial on how to install and use can be found here:

http://thenewstack.io/installing-mpi-python-raspberry-pi-cluster-runs-docker/

> 
> NICs... Would I need a USB NIC for the cluster communication?

For 4 nodes, probably not. A small switching router should be able to
handle 4-8 wired connections.

Much bigger than that, then the bigger problems are wiring power and
communications.

Hope this helps,

BAJ
> 
> 
> Kind regards,
> Raj Wurttemberg
> 
> 
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Byron A. Jeff
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College of Information and Mathematical Sciences
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