[ML-General] Cluster Computing

[WebDawg]

Just curious now.  What type of cluster computation system does not
need ecc memory?  Also did you decide on a software platform in the
end?

On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 2:56 PM, Stephan Henning <shenning at gmail.com> wrote:
> Nope.
>
> On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 3:52 PM, WebDawg <webdawg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I guess ECC memory does not matter in this situation?
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 2:50 PM, Stephan Henning <shenning at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hey Hunter,
>> >
>> > Well, with the Edison, it wouldn't be 27 devices, it would be closer to
>> > 400
>> > :)
>> >
>> > I think I can fit 27 mini-itx motherboards in a 4U chassis (maybe only
>> > 21-24, depending on heatsink height). For the raspi's or the Edisons to
>> > be
>> > viable they would need to beat that baseline on a flop/watt vs $$
>> > comparison. Even in that case, the low RAM amount limits their
>> > usefulness.