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can you connect a bunch of these in parallel and run, like, map-reduce or something ?

• wmf 13y ago
  Sure, that's called microservers. It's not a good idea, but you can do it.
  • mwcampbell 13y ago
    Why aren't microservers a good idea?
  • pm90 13y ago
    Why is it not a good idea? Genuinely curious
    • srdev 13y ago
      If I had to guess, probably because you could get equivalent performance cheaper with standard servers. Plus, there's a good chance that your distributed solution could fit on a single server, removing the overhead.
      • wmf 13y ago
        Yep. If you compare a $1,000 Xeon E3 server with a $1,000 cluster of ten Minnowboards, the E3 will deliver more performance. Likewise, a $10,000 E5 server beats a cluster of E3s in many cases.