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Alternatively titled: "How to build a desk toy that functions better as a conversation piece than a practical replacement for a Hyper-V/Xen lab"
by DKnoll 10y ago
Alternatively titled: "How to build a desk toy that functions better as a conversation piece than a practical replacement for a Hyper-V/Xen lab"
- yeowMeng 10y agoAlternatively: "How to build a low cost Linux cluster simulator using Pi's" :)
- DKnoll 10y agoOr just spin up 7 Xen VMs with no material cost. :)
- vaishaksuresh 10y agoGranted the author is not doing anything with it, but it is still a fun experiment. It can very easily be used to run a simple zookeeper/Kafka cluster or try out deployment automation etc.
- segmondy 10y agoyou can spin up 10 containers easily on your linux box. it's like having 10 different systems.
- vaishaksuresh 10y agoWhat is your point?
- moyix 10y agoHyper-V doesn't support ARM as far as I know. Also, do you know of a good Xen on ARM host? (honestly asking, would be cool to find one for testing cross-compiled builds)
- cmdrfred 10y agoLets see your project.
- DKnoll 10y ago7 full-size PCs stacked on top of each other with a cheap switch and a power bar.
- CarolineW 10y agoCool. * Have you done a write up? * What software do you run to make it a cluster? * What problems are you running on it? * What have you learned by building it? * What problems did you have?
- DKnoll 10y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5122120 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5122120 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11652410 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11652410 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9937271 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9937271 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4717940 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4717940 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9052619 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9052619 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4058653 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4058653
- dang 10y agoPlease don't post snarky dismissals to HN. There's nothing wrong with conversation pieces. Many stories here are, and funnily enough they tend to lead to good conversation. May there be more of them!
- DKnoll 10y agoIt is not a cluster per the configuration in the blog post, I was just kindly offering an alternate, correct title. Real Pi clusters get posted every month or so, there is more required than an albeit cute rack case and improvised small PDU and switch.