Canonical builds a 42-core ARM cluster server box for Ubuntu

[sffvba[e0rt]

http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ARM_cluster_02-580x435.jpg


Just like Microsoft with Windows 8, Canonical (http://www.geek.com/articles/tagged/canonical) is pushing forward with ensuring ARM (http://www.geek.com/articles/tagged/ARM)-compatibility for future versions of Ubuntu (http://www.geek.com/articles/tagged/ubuntu). In order to do that it needs a proper build environment and hardware to allow contributors to submit and build the 20,000+ packages that make up the Linux (http://www.geek.com/articles/tagged/Linux) distribution.Source (http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/canonical-builds-a-42-core-arm-cluster-server-box-for-ubuntu-20110613/)


Do want!


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[el_koraco]

The "creator" should post in the "Show us your server" thread.

[Joe of loath]

I want to know what they're using for ARM SoC's. Beagleboards? :D

EDIT: The article says pandaboards. *googles*

[Bandit]

Its basicly a bunch of ARM based computers and one computer to monitor usage of the others, then letting a user use ONE of the free computers inside the box for a working environment.

So IMHO its good idea, but not a REAL Cluster Server.

A real cluster server would use ALL the boards together, sending data packages to each one for processing; increasing over all processing power.

[christoph411]

Sounds pretty cool to me! :D

[Lucradia]

RAID as well?

[Bandit]

RAID as well?

Not sure, if each system has its own build environment RAID may not even be an option. More then likely the switching computer will take the data your working on, place a copy of it on the system your gonna have the session with then when your done and save it back to a RAID file server cabinet in a separate area for later use and also to keep the data sync'd..