<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Well,<div class="">About all you need is the open_cl package, a small number of recent vintage supported GPU cards, small HDD’s (enough for the OS and some swap space) as much ram as you can stuff in each machine and a good network card and switch combo. The reason for the GPU’s? Bitcoin mining, password cracking/recovery and any other project that supports using multiple gpu cards. If your machines aren’t up to the task, start with a PXE booted cluster of RaspberryPi units (start with an odd number like 3 (one as the master control unit). I had plans to do this myself, but my fixed income here just isn’t up to the task of doing more than paying for the basic bills.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">-Eric</div><div class="">From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Open Cluster Development and research Dept.</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Apr 16, 2019, at 7:36 PM, Harold Hartley <<a href="mailto:wheelie207@ownmail.net" class="">wheelie207@ownmail.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial;" class="">I’m looking at building a cluster and I know there are different types. I haven’t fully decided on what I would be using it for.<br class=""></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial;" class="">Well, I have 4 computers about 3 or 4 years old and all have i5 processing with 8 gigs ram in each. I am not sure what size hard drives I want in them. I am looking at doing animations making my own small video movie like and then post on my blog. Even thought of other uses as well.<br class=""></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial;" class="">Would anyone have an idea what type of cluster I should go with. Thanks</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial;" class=""><br class=""></div><div id="sig4468849" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: AppleSymbols; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><div class="signature">--<br class=""></div><div class="signature"> Harold Hartley<br class=""></div><div class="signature"> 17632 N. 5th place<br class=""></div><div class="signature"> Phoenix, AZ 85022<br class=""></div><div class="signature"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:wheelie207@ownmail.net" class="">wheelie207@ownmail.net</a><br class=""></div><div class="signature"><br class=""></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial;" class=""><br class=""></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: AppleSymbols; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">---------------------------------------------------</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: AppleSymbols; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: AppleSymbols; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">PLUG-discuss mailing list -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" style="font-family: AppleSymbols; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: AppleSymbols; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: AppleSymbols; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: AppleSymbols; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><a href="https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss" style="font-family: AppleSymbols; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss</a></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>