<div dir="ltr">but why? Do you want a real production setup or just fun or research?<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 3:39 PM, Jonathan Aquilina <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jaquilina@eagleeyet.net" target="_blank">jaquilina@eagleeyet.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif">
<p>Was actually thinking of a clustered server setup using 64bit arm board if possible</p><div><div class="h5">
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<p>On 2016-05-15 09:25, <a href="mailto:cbergstrom@pathscale.com" target="_blank">cbergstrom@pathscale.com</a> wrote:</p>
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<div style="width:100%;font-size:initial;font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans-serif;color:#1f497d;text-align:initial;background-color:#ffffff">... ARMv8 aka ARM64 aka AArch64?</div>
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<div><strong>From: </strong>jaquilina</div>
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<div><strong>To: </strong><a href="mailto:cbergstrom@pathscale.com" target="_blank">cbergstrom@pathscale.com</a>; Carlos Linares Lopez</div>
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<div>What embedded boards would you recommend instead?</div>
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<div>Date: 15/05/2016 08:51 (GMT+01:00)</div>
<div>To: Jonathan Aquilina <<a href="mailto:jaquilina@eagleeyet.net" target="_blank">jaquilina@eagleeyet.net</a>>, Carlos Linares Lopez <<a href="mailto:clinares@inf.uc3m.es" target="_blank">clinares@inf.uc3m.es</a>></div>
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<div><strong>From: </strong>Jonathan Aquilina</div>
<div><strong>Sent: </strong>Sunday, May 15, 2016 14:45</div>
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<p>What is everyone's thoughts on raspi's for a cluster?</p>
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<p>On 2016-05-12 21:58, Carlos Linares Lopez wrote:</p>
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<div style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:monospace">My first e-mail in the list, ...something I finally understand! :)<br> <br> I have a small cluster of 3 odroid u3 running Unbuntu 14.04 LTS (I do<br> have to update it these days to 16.04). I use condor and it works very<br> nicely<br> <br> You can see a short demo here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4QPX50u4rg" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4QPX50u4rg</a><br> <br> <br> <br> El 12/5/16 a las 21:09, C Bergström escribió:
<blockquote style="padding:0 0.4em;border-left:#1010ff 2px solid;margin:0">On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 2:59 AM, Mark Hahn <<a href="mailto:hahn@mcmaster.ca" target="_blank">hahn@mcmaster.ca</a>> wrote:
<blockquote style="padding:0 0.4em;border-left:#1010ff 2px solid;margin:0">Hi all,<br> we have a (tiny) experimental ARM box - based on Cavium ThunderX, but have<br> run into basic issues with distros (ie, ARM+ldap+ubuntu=fail).<br> <br> If you're using ARM (on something bigger than a RPi), what distro are you<br> using?</blockquote>
I don't have 1st hand experience with the combination you're<br> referencing above, but peanut gallery comments<br> <br> 1) I'd encourage you to retry the default Cavium provided OS - I<br> realize that the package manager may not be fun, but they have thus<br> far been good about software support for our needs<br> <br> 2) Fedora has put quite a bit of effort into their AArch64 distro<br> ------------<br> I'm happy to connect you to people @ARM or @Cavium which is likely a<br> better support channel for critical software like this.<br> _______________________________________________<br> Beowulf mailing list, <a href="mailto:Beowulf@beowulf.org" target="_blank">Beowulf@beowulf.org</a> sponsored by Penguin Computing<br> To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit <a href="http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf" target="_blank">http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf</a></blockquote>
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